Pay Satisfaction and Organizational Politics as Predictors of Quality of Work Life among Government Employees

• Main Authors: Olasupo Mathew O., Idemudia Erhabor S., Arowosegbe Ganiyat S., Fagbenro Damilare A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2019-06-01
• Series: European Review Of Applied Sociology
• Subjects: quality of work life; pay satisfaction; organizational politics; government employees
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/eras-2019-0003

The study investigated the predictive role of pay satisfaction and organisational politics on quality of work life. Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory was used as a theoretical framework in this study. Cross sectional survey research design was adopted. Data were collected from 429 respondents consisting of (Females = 231(53.8%), Males = 198(46.2%) (Mean age = 39.14, S.D = 12.07) via a simple random and convenience sampling techniques. Work-Related Quality of life scale (WRQLS), Pay Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ) and Perceived Organisational Politics Scale (POPS) were used as instrument for data collection. Data collected were analysed using Pearson moment correlation (PPMC) and Multiple Regression analysis. There was significant positive relationship between pay satisfaction and quality of work life. Positive relationship was found between organisational politics and the quality of work life. Finally, pay satisfaction and organisational politics jointly predict quality of work life. These findings have implications for putting up psychological interventions aim at improving the quality of work life of government employees.