) defines job satisfaction as a pleasurable or
positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job
or job experiences. Schneider and Snyder (1975,p.318) on the
other hand defined job satisfaction as a personal evaluation of
conditions present in the job, or outcomes that arise as a result
of having a job. Job satisfaction thus, has to do with an
individual’s perception and evaluation of his job, and this
perception is influenced by the person’s unique circumstances
like needs, values and expectations. People will therefore
evaluate their jobs on the basis of factors, which they regard as
being important to them