By Francis Kobena Tandoh
At least 80 percent of locally based footballers in the Ghana Premier League (GPL) are not satisfied with their jobs, according to a recent survey cited by the Ghana Eye Report.
Titled “Job satisfaction among Ghana Premier League footballers in the Greater Accra Region,” and carried out by Abel Manomey, it established that the majority of the local-based footballers in the GPL were not satisfied with their jobs because their insurance (83.3%), end-of-season packages (90.8%), and pension schemes (91.7%) were not paid by their respective clubs at the end of every month.
The findings also established that there were no differences between the lengths of years playing in the Ghana Premier League and their pension benefits.
The survey also rejected the hypothesis, and therefore the results showed that the length of years playing in the league did not affect the payment of pensions for local-based footballers in the Ghana Premier League. End item
Source: Ghana Eye Report
Find below the abstract of the thesis in the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Sports, Faculty of Science Education, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Philosophy (Physical Education) at the University of Education, Winneba.
Job satisfaction among Ghana Premier League footballers in the Greater Accra Region
Manomey, A.
Abstract
The concept of job satisfaction is considered to be a very critical issue for any organization’s performance.
This study sought to assess the job satisfaction among local-based footballers in the Ghana Premier League in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana in the areas of their salary, welfare, and pension scheme. A descriptive quantitative survey design was adopted as the research design.
The data were obtained from 120 local-based footballers who ply their trade in the Greater Accra Region in the Ghana Premier League and were selected by the probability sampling technique. The Manomey Abel, Job Satisfaction, Welfare, Salary and Pension Scheme Inventory (MAJSWSPI) questionnaire, validated and tested for reliability (r-0616), was used for the collection of data.
The obtained data were analyzed using percentages, frequency, bar graphs, and Kruskal-Wallis. The study revealed that the majority of the respondents were satisfied with their job when they had salaries and winning bonuses but were not satisfied with their signing-on fees.
Furthermore, the findings also established that the majority of the respondents were not satisfied with their jobs because their insurances, end-of-season packages, and pension schemes were not paid by their respective clubs at the end of every month.
However, there was no significant statistical difference in the opinion of the length of years playing in the Ghana Premier League and the pension schemes of locally based footballers.
Therefore, their length of years playing in the Ghana Premier League does not affect their pension scheme. Based on the conclusion, it is recommended that the Ghana Football Association should enforce its bylaws so domestic-based footballers will have good working conditions and help improve their remunerations as professionals in the Ghana Premier League.
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