JOB SATISFACTION AND EMPLOYEES’ PRODUCTIVITY: A STUDY OF FEDERAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF NIGERIA,LAGOS STATE, 2005-2018

This study investigates the effect of job satisfaction on employees’ productivity in the Nigerian public sector with specific reference to the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Lagos. The study employed a descriptive survey research design based on primary and secondary data. Out of 939 population which includes 781 senior staff and 210 junior staff of FAAN employees, 281 copies of structured questionnaire were administered and 213 (75.8%) was returned with the attrition rate of 24.2%. Simple random sampling technique was used. Secondary data were sourced from published materials and analysed textually. The Statistical Package for Social Science (IBM SPSS) statistical tool was used for the analysis of data. This study adopted Herzberg two-factor theory which rejuvenated the discussion and findings. The study unveils that there is positive significant relationship between job satisfaction and employees’ productivity in Nigeria. Therefore, the study concludes that employees are an integral part of any organisation and as such their satisfaction should be a priority for improved and optimum performance and a high opportunity for competitive edge focusing on the public sector. Therefore, the recommendation of this study based on the findings is that; it is imperative for managers to make acceptable incentives to mitigate employee dissatisfaction at the workplace to improve productivity

Challenges of accountability and development in Nigeria

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges of accountability and development in Nigeria. In the literature, corruption is seen as an indicator of a lack of political accountability in most countries of the world, especially in less developed countries such as Nigeria. The Nigerian Government has taken several actions to address the problems of bad governance and corruption that have impeded economic development, but unfortunately these measures have not yielded the desired results. Design/methodology/approach – Thus, this study examined accountability and developmental issues in Nigeria using secondary data and then made use of the auto-regressive distributed lag econometric technique to analyze the data. Findings – The results from the study found that a rise in total government expenditure poses a danger of reducing Nigeria’s economic development in the long run and that control of corruption and political (the institutional variables) has a direct and significant effect on Nigeria’s economic development. Originality/value – Therefore, upon these findings, this paper recommended that for Nigeria to experience development, corruption should be eliminated, and the Nigerian Government should spend on viable projects and economic activities that will be beneficial to the populace and the society at large and hence bring about economic development. Accountability is the hallmark of a prudent government that ensures efficient management of resources and transparency in the utilization of funds by the government. The absence of accountability mechanism allows corruption to thrive, which hinders the developmental process