MEANINGFULL WORK AND EMPLOYEE JOB INVOLVEMENT IN SOUTH-SOUTH UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined the relationship between meaningful work and employee job involvement among the teaching staff of the universities in South-South, Nigeria. The study conclude that meaningful work has a very low correlation with employee job involvement in the universities in south-south, Nigeria. Finally, the study recommends that top-management must clearly communicate the organization's philosophy that workplace spirituality represents truth and is the right thing to do and must be embraced at all organizational levels and that top-management must put in place work environment that will make the staff of the university derive meaning in their work. This can be done by providing all the necessary tools required by the staff to meaningfully do their work. These would include adequate security, provision of accommodate within the campus, good offices for the staff, well-furnished canteen, very good recreation area and prompt payment of their salary