title: A study on job satisfaction among clinical and non-clinical hospital staff in a teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Previous studies had demonstrated that continuous and effective productivity of hospital staff are linked to job satisfaction and only those who are satisfied with their job can be maximally effective and productive. This cross-sectional descriptive survey was designed to determine the levels of job satisfaction among various groups of health care professionals working in a teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred clinical and non-clinical hospital staff were invited to take part in the study. They completed a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Job Descriptive Index (JDI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results indicated that majority clinical and non-clinical staff were satisfied with their jobs as regards the parameters of the JDI compared with those not satisfied with their jobs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The government and health policy makers should continue to pay attention to boost job morale and satisfaction of medical health workers to continue to make them to be satisfied with their job.
authors.affiliation: Medical Department, University of Lagos Medical Centre, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria. cokerrotimi@gmail.com
authors.forename: O O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Coker
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Coker
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Onuoha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009013:Morale; D009549:Nigeria; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult