Meaningfulness of Work and Worker’s Attitude in Health Ministries in South-South, Nigeria
Vol.6 Issue 3
This study examined the relationship between meaningfulness of work and worker’s attitude in health ministries in South-South, Nigeria. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey research design. Primary data was generated through a 4-point Likert scaled questionnaire. The population of the study was two thousand one hundred and eighty-one (2181) employees. A sample size of three hundred and thirty-eight (338) employees was drawn from the population using the Taro Yamane sample size determination formula. The study adopted the simple random sampling technique. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient with the aid of Statistical Packages for Social Science. The findings revealed that meaningfulness of work had a significant positive relationship with affective commitment, affective satisfaction and workers engagement. Therefore, the study concludes that a vested effort towards enhancing meaningfulness of work will help boost positive work attitude among workers in the health ministries, South-South, Nigeria. Thus the researchers recommend that the work of the workers is designed in a way that makes it worthwhile as such will enhance their affective commitment.
