Abstract

The study examined dispositional and contextual factors affecting the job satisfaction of administrative personnel at University of Ibadan. This study adopted a cross-sectional survey research design. Three hundred and fifty participants were purposively selected across units and departments. The sample consists of 227 (64.86%) males and 123 (35.14%) females. While the mean age was 39yrs, SD= 16.12. The instrument for data collection consists of the demographic characteristics of the participants (age, sex, educational qualification, work experience and marital status). Others are the organizational trust scale, healthy lifestyle questionnaire and job satisfaction scale. The hypotheses were tested using t-test and regression statistics. Organizational trust had a significant influence on job satisfaction among administrative personnel of University of Ibadan (t = (DF - 348) = 4.824, p < .05). The result suggests that participants who reported high organizational trust scored significantly higher on job satisfaction ( =34.75) than those who reported low organizational trust ( =27.40). The hypothesis is therefore confirmed and accepted in this study. Healthy lifestyles had significant influence on job satisfaction (t= (df-348) = 6.562, p < .05). The result showed that participants who reported a better healthy lifestyle scored significantly higher on job satisfaction ( =38.33) than those who reported a poor lifestyle ( =27.91). Gender, age, work experience and marital status have a relative influence on job satisfaction {R=.249, R2 = .062, F (4,346) = 3.468; p <.05}. The study recommends that the organizational management teams and educational administrators should be conscious of the policies and the information they release to the employees. Seminars and workshops should be organized for workers on maintaining healthy lifestyles to enhance their job satisfaction with implications for job performance and job continuity.