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VOL. 5, ISSUE 2 (2019)
Management of teachers’ psychosocial needs and their job performance in universities in south-south zone of Nigeria
Authors
Dr. JC Nzokurum
Abstract
The study investigated the relationship between management of teachers’ psychosocial needs and job performance. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlational research design. The population of the study comprised all the 10,160 teachers in all the 268 secondary schools in Rivers State, Nigeria. The sample of the study comprised 2032 teachers. The simple random sampling technique by balloting was used to arrive at the sample representing 20% of the population. Two instruments titled Management of Teachers Psychosocial Needs Scale (MTPNS) and Job Performance Scale (JPS) were used for data collection. Face and content validities were ensured by experts. Cronbach alpha statistics was used to compute the reliability coefficients of MTPNS and JPS to be 0.87 and 0.72 respectively. Simple and multiple regression were used to answer the research questions while t-test and ANOVA associated with simple and multiple regression were used to test the null hypotheses. It was found that management of psychological and social needs of teachers statistically significantly predicted their job performance. It was recommended among others e school administrator should use leadership style(s) that have human face in relating and instructing their teachers to carry out some specific functions. Furthermore, the students should be given proper orientation at the begging of every academic calendar by the school counselors and administrators on the importance to respect their teachers as well as not being provocative to them.
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Pages:128-132
How to cite this article:
Dr. JC Nzokurum "Management of teachers’ psychosocial needs and their job performance in universities in south-south zone of Nigeria". International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research, Vol 5, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 128-132
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