CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Management’s efforts in the area of works motivations and job satisfaction are those aimed at sustaining the interest of workers on the job. According to Bloom (1992) “Job satisfaction has been considered important not only for humanitarian reasons, but also because it has been held that the worker who likes his job will work with efficiency and enthusiasm”.
Kormhauser (1998) supporting the idea above, stating that, it is important to know the amount of satisfaction or dissatisfaction a worker derives from the job itself, since the workers spends most of his or her time on the job. Generally, the satisfaction an employee derives from his employment is largely dependent on the extent to which the job and everything associated with job meets his needs, expectation and values which constitutes a few of the associated factors of job satisfaction. There is a need to develop a plan to attract, retain and develop the number of quality of business studies teachers required to execute the business education programme in Nigeria and Nasarawa State in particular. This can only be possible if those factors accounting for job satisfaction among business studies teachers are identified. In line with this claim, Salawu (2000) stated that understanding and improving satisfaction among business studies teachers is the central problem in the field of education today and more important is the successful administration of education administration and business organization. In his own opinion Oladebo (2004), felt that the condition of service of teachers in Nigeria should be improved, to encourage them put in more of their effort on the job. He also recommended that In service training programmes and other similar activities be improved.
Jovage (2005). Lamented the progressive loss of qualified teachers in Nigeria to other businesses, observed that the poor condition of services has worsen the recruitment problem in teaching profession and that there has been a high rate of labour
