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The Relationship between Employee Empowerment, Motivation and Job Satisfaction in Ghana Education Service. A Case Study of Atwima Mponua District in the Ashanti Region 26 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XXIII Issue I Version I Year 2023 ( ) A © 2023 Global Journals that teacher empowerment has positive effect on motivation at 5% level of significance. This is an indication that when teachers are empowered with the necessary skills, knowledge, and logistics it motivates them to deliver better services to the Ghana Education Services and the people of Ghana at large. • The second objective of the study examined the link between motivation and teachers’ job satisfaction in the Ghana Education Service. The results of data processed suggested that employee motivation positively and significantly affect their satisfaction on the job. The results implies that when teachers are motivated either intrinsically or extrinsically it positively impacts their satisfaction. Motivation is particularly useful because, teacher’s 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 third objective also examined the relationship between teacher empowerment and job satisfaction in the Ghana Education Service. The results indicated that teacher empowerment had a positive unstandardised coefficient of 0.284 and a probability of 0.011 at 5 percent significant level, an indication of a positive relationship. When teachers are given the necessary empowerment that they need it will boost the satisfaction at work. According to (2013), empowerment and its dimensions, access to information, reward systems, self- determination and competence had a significant positive relationship on job satisfaction R eferences R éférences R eferencias 1. 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