Management Strategies and Teachers Job Commitment in Public Secondary Schools in Lagos State
Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Job commitment of teachers has been a serious issue of concern among stakeholders because of the continuous complaint about the performance and commitment of teachers in recent times. This study therefore examined the relationship between principals supervisory techniques, management strategies and teachers job commitment in public secondary schools in Lagos State. The study was guided by four research hypotheses. The study used the descriptive survey research design and the population was 14,483 teachers in 322 Senior Secondary Schools in Lagos State while sample of the study which was determined using the Taro Yemane's formular was 400 participants after which a multistage sampling approach was used for selection of the participants. A self-designed questionnaire which was designed on a modified 4-point Likert-type scale such as Strongly Agreed (SA); Agreed (A); Disagreed (D); and Strongly Disagreed (SD) was used for data collection. The face and content validity of the instrument was assured while the reliability was ensured by administering the instrument on 30 teachers who did not participate in the main study once. The result was analysed using Cronbach Alpha and a co-efficient of .77 proved the instrument was reliable for the study. The researchers engaged Four research assistants in data collection after adequate training on the instrument. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) statistics was used to test the hypotheses of the study at .05 level of significance using the IBM-Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Version 23. The result of the analysis showed that all the explanatory variables significantly relate to job commitment of teachers. Based on the findings, it was therefore recommended that principals should use classroom observation efficiently to improve job commitment of teachers and adequately resolve conflicts in the school system to enhance job commitment of teachers.
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225643239