Job Satisfactions and Turnover Intentions of Academic Staff Employee At Woldia University

Abstract

Conducive work environment is one of the fundamental elements of work effectiveness. Therefore, the study aimed to explore the relation among employs job satisfactions and turnover intentions on academic staff employees of Woldia University. A total of 206 (male=187 and female=19) academic staff employees were taken by stratified sampling from the university and the researcher also used semistructured interview by selecting long experienced participants purposively to cross check the quantitative result by following qualitative approaches . Using pilot tested standardized scales data were collected. After cleaning the data, analysis were conducted using t-test, one way ANOVA along with descriptive statistical techniques. Results of the study disclosed, the workers job satisfaction has statistically negative correlation (r=-.366, p<0.05. According to the results, there is no statistically difference (t (204) = 9.89979,p<0.05) in the reported levels of turnover intention among male and female academic employees. In the study the finding show that there were no statistically significant difference (t (204) =-1.010, p<0.05)in the reported levels of turnover intention between ages of academic employees. Finding disclosed that there is significance difference in the levels of turnover intention by educational levels. Large scale investigation is recommended for the University to give emphasis in designing long term institutional strategies in order to create work stability.