Job satisfaction, motivation and counterproductive work behavior among workers of Top Radio Makerere Kavule Kawempe Division Kampala

Abstract

The study aimed at examining the relationship between examine the relationship between Job satisfaction, motivation and counterproductive behaviours among workers of Top radio Makerere Kavule, Kawempe division. The study adopted a quantitative study design which was correlation in nature with a population of 45 employees. Simple random sampling technique was used to draw a sample of 40 respondents from the population. Data was collected from respondents using self-administered standard questionnaire and entered in the computer for analysis through Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 23. Descriptive statistics showed that 55.0% of the respondents were female and 45.0% were male, majority were between 20-30 years (55.0%). Results from Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (r) further indicated that there was a significant positive relationship between job satisfaction and employee motivation, (r=.779**, p=.000). However, the results also showed that there was a significant negative relationship between counterproductive worker behaviour and employee motivation, (r=.-529**, p=.000) as well as job satisfaction and counterproductive worker behaviour, (r=.-387*, p=.000). Therefore, the present study provides a basis and implications for further investigation on the relationship between job satisfaction, motivation and counterproductive behaviours among radio presenters in different radio stations in the country. Basing on the findings, it was recommended that the administration of Top radio should put in place better motivational strategies to improve employee job satisfaction and counterproductive behaviours.