THE EFFECT OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING ON JOB SATISFACTION AMONG EMPLOYEES OF SWEET SENSATION OUTLETS IN LAGOS STATE.

Abstract

The study examined the influence of occupational stress and psychological well-being on job satisfaction among employees of sweet sensation outlets in Lagos State. The study adopted a survey research design. Three hundred and sixty-eight participants were randomly sampled from different Sweet Sensation outlets in Lagos State. Data were collected using validated instruments, and hypotheses were tested using t-test, and multiple regressions result shows that occupational stress had significant influence on job satisfaction among employees in Sweet Sensation Lagos t (368) = 7.763, p < .05), and that psychological wellbeing had no significant influence on job satisfaction among employees in Sweet Sensation Lagos t (368) =.673, p > .05). Further results indicates that gender had no significant influence on job satisfaction among Employees of Sweet Sensation Outlets in Lagos t (368) =-1.374, p > .05), and that socio-demographic factors (age, educational qualification and marital status jointly influenced job satisfaction (R=.223, R2 = .050, F (3,365) = 6.352; p <.01), and occupational stress affects job satisfaction. The study recommends that Sweet Sensation managers should pay close attention to the schedule of work in the organization and probably introduce stress management training among employees to promote job satisfaction through stress management interventions.