Influence of Personality and Job-Related Factors on Pay Satisfaction among Hotel Industry Employees in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria

This study investigate the influence of personality and job-relatedfactors on pay satisfaction among Hotel Industry Employees in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria (a case study of selected Hotel Companies in Osogbo, Osun State). A total of 100 employees were selected. Questionnaire format was used to obtain the relevant data. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson, r correlation with the applications of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. The results showed that there was a significant influence of extraversion on pay satisfaction among staff ofselected Hotels in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria {t (96) =7.67, P<.05); there was a significant influence of conscientiousness on pay satisfactionamong staff of selected Hotels in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria {t (96) =8.41, P<.05); there was no significant influence of neuroticism on pay satisfaction among Hotel industry in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria {t (96) =1.24, P<.05); there was a significant influence of agreeableness on pay satisfaction among Hotel industry employees in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria {t (96) =6.04, P<.05); there was a significant influence of work experience on pay satisfaction among Hotel industry employees in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria {t (96) =7.15, P<.05). It was concluded that there was a significant influence of personality factorsof extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness to experience pay satisfaction among staff of selected hotel companies in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. However, there was no significant influence of neuroticism on pay satisfaction among staff of selected hotel companies in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. It was therefore recommended that personality characteristics of hotel employees should be given more priority since it has impact on their levels of pay satisfaction.