A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Award of the Degree of Master of Public Administration (MPA) of Mzumbe University
This study is on the impact of job satisfaction on performance of organization in Local Government in Tanzania with specific reference to Kinondoni Municipality. It was led by three study hypotheses which were employees’ commitment, employees’ involvement and employees’ productivity which were tested on organization performance. It was performed with the usage of explanatory study design with the data being gathered by causal relationship approach. The data to fill the gap of the study was generation of selected case study whereas 50 respondents were used to gather information from structured questionnaires.
The data collected from the field were filledin the SPSS data sheet to produce relevant statistical measurements to show the study results. In that case, descriptive statistics were first produced from the data sheet specifically percentages and the frequency distribution tables to describe the profile of the respondents; as well as the description of the each study objectives. In addition to that, correlation and multiple regression analysis were also used to describe the relationship between study variables to fill the knowledge gap of the study.
Findings of the study showed that all three independent variables which are employees commitment, employees involvement and employees productivity are positive and statistically significant on the dependent variable such that p<0.05. This implies that organization performance in local government authorities (LGAs) through job satisfaction is influenced by employees commitment, employees involvement and employees productivity in Tanzanian environment in public organizations. The study gives recommendation on importance and necessityfor the government to make sure that it provides the means necessary to ensure job satisfaction among public servants.