This study examined the levels of satisfaction of employees with the major focus on the staff of estate surveying firms (ESFs) practicing in Lagos State, Nigeria. | An assessment of workers satisfaction in estate surveying and valuation firms in Lagos state Nigeria International Journal of Management IJM Volume 10 Issue 2 March April 2019 99 Article ID IJM_10_02_008 Available online at http ijm JType IJM amp VType 10 amp IType 2 Journal Impact Factor 2019 Calculated by GISI ISSN Print 0976-6502 and ISSN Online 0976-6510 IAEME Publication AN ASSESSMENT OF WORKERS SATISFACTION IN ESTATE SURVEYING AND VALUATION FIRMS IN LAGOS STATE NIGERIA N. J. Peter A. S. Oni and O. E. Ogunowo Department of Estate Management Covenant University Ota Ogun State Nigeria O. B. Fateye Department of Estate Management and Valuation Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Ogun State Nigeria. ABSTRACT This study examined the levels of satisfaction of employees with the major focus on the staff of estate surveying firms ESFs practicing in Lagos State Nigeria. This was with a view to identify the factors influencing their levels of job satisfaction and analyze the relationship among the influencing factors. Structured questionnaire were administered to 367 ESFs operating in Lagos State out of which 274 representing questionnaire were properly filled returned and analyzed. The study deployed descriptive statistics such as simple frequency distribution mean weighted score MWS cross tabulation correlation and one-sample test t-test . The findings of the study showed that few estate surveyors expressed satisfaction in the job of the employees were completely dissatisfied while of them were unsure about their job satisfaction level. The result of cross tabulation showed that male estate surveyors expressed higher level of dissatisfaction compared to their female counterparts in ESFs. From the MWS result the respondents rated communication COM fairness and sufficiency of salary SAL the quality of relationship with supervisor RLS fairness of organizational policies ORG
