Staff Emolument Problems/Job Satisfaction And Depression Among Public Servants In Cross River State, Nigeria.

Abstract

This study was carried out to establish the relationship between emolument and job satisfaction as potent factor in explaining the incident of depression among public servants in Cross River State, Nigeria.  The study adopted the ex-post facto design. The sample consisted of 500 (429 males and 71 females) public servants who were randomly selected from state ministries, schools, board and parastatals in the state. A Public Servant Opinion Questionnaire (PSOQ) constructed by the researcher was used for data collection. Two null hypotheses were tested in the study using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The major findings indicated that staff emolument problem and job satisfaction significantly led to some degree of depression. Based on this result it was concluded that emolument and job satisfaction were significant factors in explaining the incidence of depression. The major recommendations are that depressed people should be referred to seek the services of social psychologist, clinical psychologists in psychiatric hospitals, and also that government/sectors should help in providing good conditions for her staff.

Keywords: staff emolument, job satisfaction, depression