Dimensions of work environment and job satisfaction among public sector workers in a developing economy

Moses Segbenya

doi:10.24294/jipd7146

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Dimensions of work environment and job satisfaction among public sector workers in a developing economy

Moses Segbenya

Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development 2025, 9(4); https://doi.org/10.24294/jipd7146

Submitted：14 Jun 2024

Accepted：17 Jul 2024

Published：14 Jun 2024

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Abstract

The debate on the effect of work environment on job satisfaction is very inconclusive. Most of the existing literature has focused on either the developed economy or job satisfaction and other variables other than the dimensions of the work environment. To fill the contextual and conceptual gap this study examined the effect of dimensions of work environment on job satisfaction among public sector workers in a developing economy. The study used the quantitative method and positivist philosophical viewpoint but specifically, the explanatory design was used to guide the study. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection and data analysis was done by partial least square modelling. The study found that the three dimensions of work environment such as physical, psychological and administrative work environment had a significant relationship with job satisfaction among public workers in a developing economy. It was recommended that the management of public sector organisations should improve upon the psychological, physical and administrative work environment to ensure job satisfaction among their workers.

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Psychological work environment, physical work environment, administrative work environment, job satisfaction, public sector workers, and developing economy.

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