Abstract:
Scholars and human resource professionals generally concur that job satisfaction is how content an individual
is with his or her job. They make a distinction between affective job satisfaction and cognitive job satisfaction.
The former is the extent of pleasurable emotional feelings which individuals have about their jobs in their
entirety, and the latter is the extent of individuals' satisfaction with particular facets of their jobs, such as pay,
pension arrangements and working hours. Job satisfaction of academic staff is not well studied; yet they are
very important professionals for socio-economic development of any nation. They train human resources of
their countries and conduct researches, among other responsibilities. This paper analyses the major factors of
academic staff's job satisfaction in Tanzania using the Moshi University College of Co-operative and Business
Studies (MUCCoBS) as a case study. Generally, 74 members of academic staff were interviewed. Data were
gathered using questionnaires, interviews and observation, and were analysed descriptively using the Statistical
Package for Social Sciences. The study found out that promotion, training and publication opportunities were
affecting academic staffs ‘job satisfaction. Deliberate efforts must be taken to increase academic staffs' job
satisfaction by establishing incentives structures which include short and long term training opportunities. To
do this, the MUCCoBS and the Government must solicit extra funds which will curb financial constraints
facing the College. MUCCoBS must increase the chances for academic staff to publish their articles; which in
turn increase their chances for promotion This may be done by increasing the number of academic publications,
especially journals, and making them online and open access.
