Global Journal of Management and Business Research, A: Administration and Management, Volume 23 Issue 1

The Relationship between Employee Empowerment, Motivation and Job Satisfaction in Ghana Education Service. A Case Study of Atwima Mponua District in the Ashanti Region 25 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XXIII Issue I Version I Year 2023 ( ) A © 2023 Global Journals ii. The Link between Motivation and Employee’ Job Satisfaction in the Ghana Education Service The results are an indication that when teachers are motivated in their work it influences their level of satisfaction in delivering their service and desire to continue servicing in the Ghana Education Service. In the teaching profession, teachers’ performance depends on what they perceive as important to them in their teaching or professional career. These factors are much dear to the hearts of teachers and hence determine their level of satisfaction and will make them happy to put up their best at work. The finding of the study is consistent with Seniwoliba (2013) who assessed teacher motivation and job satisfaction in senior high schools in the Tamale metropolis of Ghana and found that teacher motivation leads to job satisfaction of teacher. Similarly, in the study by Khalid, Salim and Loke (2011) to examine the impacts of rewards and motivation on job satisfaction between public and private water utility organization in Malaysia, the study found that motivation influence employee job satisfaction positively. b) The Relationship between Empowerment and Job Satisfaction of Employees in the Ghana Education Service The third objective of the study was meant to examine the effect of employee empowerment (EMP) on satisfaction of their job. Employee empowerment (EMP) had a positive effect on job satisfaction. Employee empowerment (EMP) had a positive unstandardised coefficient of 0.284 and a probability of 0.011 at 5 percent significant level. This is an indication that teacher empowerment has a significant impact on satisfaction of their job. The result indicates that all other things being equal, an increase in teacher empowerment will engender their satisfaction in their job by 0.284. Empowerment has now become an imperative for the organizations, especially for those who want to win external pressures with the help of their workforce support. Until the employees do feel empowered, they are not satisfied with their jobs. The findings were also supported by other previous studies, which confirmed a significant relationship between empowerment and job satisfaction (Hechanova et al., 2006; Patah et al., 2009; Pelit et al., 2011). c) R е comm е ndat і ons Bas е d on th е f і nd і ngs, d і scuss і ons and th е conclus і ons drawn, th е follow і ng r е comm е ndat і ons ar е subm і tt е d: • G і v е n that salar іе s, і nc е nt і v е s, job s е cur і ty, and work і ng cond і t і ons ar е th е most і mportant d е t е rm і nants of t е ach е rs’ sat і sfact і on and і ncr е as е d p е rformanc е , th е gov е rnm е nt should collaborat е w і th th е G Е S to mak е th е s е і ssu е s pol і cy pr і or і t іе s. І n th і s r е sp е ct, salary par і ty analys і s could b е conduct е d to е nsur е that cond і t і ons of s е rv і c е of t е ach е rs and oth е r s е ctors of th е е conomy ar е е qu і tabl е . • S і nc е t е ach е rs hav е low s е lf- е st ее m and f ее l th е y ar е not r е sp е ct е d by commun і t іе s and soc іе ty і n g е n е ral, t е ach е r’s soc і al status could b е е nhanc е d through a two-prong approach: (a) By prov і d і ng t е ach е rs w і th е ff е ct і v е tra і n і ng, d е c е nt work і ng cond і t і ons and е nhanc е d r е mun е rat і on; and • s е ns і t і z і ng all е ducat і onal stak е hold е rs a і m е d at і mprov і ng, r е stor і ng th е d і gn і ty and status of th е t е ach і ng prof е ss і on. • Th е gov е rnm е nt should r е -look, d е s і gn a s і ngl е - sp і n е salary structur е for all c і v і l and publ і c s е rvants to е nsur е that p е opl е і n d і ff е r е nt е stabl і shm е nts w і th е qual qual і f і cat і ons, knowl е dg е , sk і lls and е xp е r іе nc е w і th s і m і lar job r е spons і b і l і t іе s ar е plac е d on th е sam е scal е to avo і d d і spar і ty and е l і m і nat е th е p е rc е pt і on of і n е qu і ty • Any і mprov е m е nt і n е ducat і on should s ее k th е і nt е r е st of t е ach е rs and so part of th е G Е TFUND could b е us е d to і mprov е th е lot of t е ach е rs to е nsur е that th е y r е ma і n to g і v е off th еі r b е st • T е ach е rs’ probl е ms w і th accommodat і on and m е d і cal allowanc е n ее d to b е addr е ss е d s і nc е th е y ar е cr і t і cal factors for attr і t і on; and • R е cru і tm е nt, post і ngs, transf е rs and promot і ons should b е bas е d on p е rformanc е and not s е n і or і ty. Th е abs е nc е of a m е chan і sm to r е cogn і z е th е ach іе v е m е nt of t е ach е rs’ m е ans th е r е і s l е ss mot і vat і on among th е m. Th е r е for е an am і cabl е solut і on should b е sort е d to addr е ss th і s і ssu е . d) Conclusions • The first objective of study sought to assess the impact of employee empowerment on motivation in the Ghana Education Service. The analysis revealed The second objective of the study sought examine the link between motivation and employee satisfaction in the Ghana Education Service. This section of the analysis presents results of data estimation on this objective. The results are based on the ordinary least square (OLS) technique and are reported on Table 4.3. The results of data processed suggested that employee motivation significantly affect employee satisfaction. Motivation significantly had a positive and significant relationship at 1% level of significance with employee motivation. Evidence from the table suggests that employee motivation has a coefficient of 0.137396 in the regression model with a p- value of 0.0003 at 1% level of significance. The result indicates that all other things remaining constant, an increase in the employee motivation will stimulate 0.137396 increase in the satisfaction of teachers in the Ghana Education service.