The relationship between job satisfaction and intent to leave among lecturers of privately owned colleges in Mombasa central business district

Abstract

Job satisfaction of employees is important in any work environment because it plays a major role on intent to leave. Previous studies have been done on Job satisfaction and Intent to leave but none has focused on lecturers of Privately Owned Colleges in Mombasa Central Business District. This study wanted to establish the relationship between job satisfaction and intent to leave among lecturers of Privately Owned Colleges in Mombasa Central District. This study adopted a cross section survey. The population of study comprised of all the lecturers in the 22 Registered Privately Owned Colleges in Mombasa Central Business District as shown in Appendix I. Primary data was used for this study. A semi structured questionnaire with both open ended and closed ended questions was used to collect data. Drop and pick later method was used to administer the questionnaires. Descriptive statistics such as mean scores and standard deviations were used in the analysis of data and Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the relationship between job satisfaction and intent to leave. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation value of -0.46 shows a relationship between Job satisfaction and intent to leave among the lecturers where intent to leave increases as job satisfaction decreases. Pay and Promotion opportunities were found to be major dissatisfaction factors among the lecturers which in turn influence their intent to leave.