Decision Making and Job Satisfaction as Correlates of Teachers’ Job Performance in Junior Secondary Schools in Abia State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study specifically sought to determine decision making and job satisfaction as correlates of teachers’ job performance in junior secondary schools in Abia state, Nigeria. Two research questions were posed and two null hypotheses formulated to guide the investigation, which was carried out ex-post factor, using a descriptive survey design. A sample of 541 junior secondary schools was drawn from a population of 1082 in the 230 junior secondary schools in Abia state. Data were collected using the researcher’s self constructed questionnaire from the respondents titled involvement of teachers in decision making and job satisfaction as correlates of teachers’ job performance in junior secondary schools (ITDMJSTJPQ). To ensure face validity of the instrument, two experts in Educational Administration and Planning of Abia State College of Education were consulted. There expert comments were used to modify the final copy of the questionnaire used for the study. Data were analyzed using frequency distribution, ad mean rating to answer the two research questions posted while the Z-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses formulated. Results indicated that although the teachers were involved in decision making but some decisions reached were not implemented by the school principals. As a result of this, there was lack of job satisfaction and low job performance among junior secondary school teachers in the junior secondary schools. The test of hypothesis one shows that there was no significant difference between teachers’ decision making and job performance. Based on the findings, it was recommended that principals should involve and implement teachers’ decisions in schools to enhance their job performance for uplifting of educational standard in Nigeria.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n8p107