Job Position And Personality Characteristics As Predictors Of Job Satisfaction In Federal Ministry Of Education Enugu.

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the influence of job position and personality

characteristics on job satisfaction among workers. Two hundred

participants were used and two hypotheses involving job positions (high,

middle, and low) personality characteristics (extrovert vs introvert) were

tested. Two instruments were used for data collection and they are

Eynseck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and Minnesota Satisfaction

Questionnaire (MSQ): The design was a 3 x 2 factorial designs and a 2x2

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed for data analyses.

The results indicated that job positions is a factor that significantly influence job

satisfaction, [f (1, 194) = 7.8, P