iarjbmIARJBMIARJBM2708-5147https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjbm.2021.v02i01.039Effect of Task Value on Employee Job Satisfaction in Benue State, Nigeria: A Study of Board of Internal Revenue ServiceJamesTersoo TsetimBridgetLawaniDepartment of Business Administration, College of Management Sciences, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, NigeriaDepartment of Business Education, College of Education Oju, Benue State, NigeriaThis study investigated the effect of task value on employee job satisfaction in Board of Internal Revenue Service. The study sought to achieve the following specific objectives: to examine the effect of attainment value, interest value and utility value on employee job satisfaction in Board of Internal Revenue Service in Makurdi metropolis, Benue State. The survey design is adopted and questionnaires used for data collection. The population for this study is 207 employees of Board of Internal Revenue Service in Makurdi metropolis. Census sampling was adopted and 207 questionnaires were issued out of which 180 were properly answered and returned for analysis. Data were statistically analyzed after being collected from the field using Multiple Regression Analysis as the main statistical tool with the aid of SPSS to explain the extent of effect of independent variables on the dependent variable. The result of multiple regression analysis established significant effect of attainment value, interest value and utility value on employee job satisfaction in Board of Internal Revenue Service in Benue State, Nigeria. The study concludes that employees are more satisfied with their jobs when tasks performed are important, interesting, and useful to them. Interestingly, results showed utility value to have the largest effect on employee job satisfaction, indicating that tasks with high utility values contribute most significantly to employee job satisfaction in Board of Internal Revenue Service in Benue State, Nigeria. Based on the research findings, this study recommends among others that management should provide realistic information at the start of the job; they should make sure the employees can perceive the utility value of their task given that tasks with high utility values contribute most significantly to employee job satisfaction.