FACTORS AFFECTING JOB SATISFACTION OF MIDDLE MANAGEMENT LEVEL PROFESSIONALS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

The benefits of job satisfaction on organizational performance and survival cannot be ignored, particularly in a people centered industry like construction. Middle management level employees play a critical role in translating organizational strategy and managing lower level operatives. It is middle management staffs that will eventually grow and replace the aging senior management level staff. Nurturing middle level management employee will include motivating them with financial and non-financial incentives. In this paper, factors affecting job satisfaction of middle management level professionals in the construction industry was assessed. The opinions of 65 middle management level employees were elicited with the use of questionnaires distributed to Architects, Builders, Civil Engineers and Quantity Surveyors in Delta State, Nigeria. The major factors affecting job satisfaction of the respondents surveyed were salary, job security and prospects for career development. There was a general agreement of the factors affecting job satisfaction by the respondents that partook in the study. The factors with the least effect on job satisfaction were age and gender.