Al-Hikmah University Journal

The study investigated the relationship between job motivation and job satisfaction amog academic staff of federal and state universities in Kwara state, Nigeria. From the population of academic staff of the two public universities (one federal & one State) in the state, random sampling technique was used to sample a total of 200 lecturers. To elicit the needed data, a self-made, face validated questionnaire titled Job Motivation Assessment Questionnaire (JMAQ) was administered on the sample. JMAQ has reliability coefficient of 0.77 determined using test-re-test methods. It was structured to test job motivation and job satisfaction via 25 items, in Section C and D, respectively. The collected data were analyzed using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient ‘(r). From the analyzed data, 89.6% of respondents believed that job motivation was a substantial predictor of job satisfaction; this was against 47.3% and 47.6% who believed chosen the right career and comfortable working environment were predictors of job satisfaction, respectively. Statistics also reveals significant relationship between job motivation and job satisfaction among federal (r 0.36 > 0.16) and state (r 0.28 > 0.16) universities academic staff. Thus, it was concluded that job motivation is a substantial predictor of job satisfaction in federal and state universities located in Kwara State. Based on these findings, it was recommended that government and stakeholders should intensify positive job motivation strategies so as to ensure job satisfaction among academic staff.