MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AND JOB PERFORMANCE AMONG TEACHERS OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the relationship between Motivational factors and Job Performance among Teachers of Public Secondary Schools in Ogun State. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 12 public secondary schools from the target population of 563 public secondary schools in the state. Stratified proportional random sampling technique was used to select 240 teachers out of 804 teachers from the sampled schools. Also, all the principals of the sampled schools were used, making the total of 12 principals used for the study. The data collections for the study were two instruments; Teachers’ Motivation questionnaire (TMQ), and Teachers’ Performance Questionnaire (TPQ) that gave r =0.82 and 0.79 respectively. Five null hypotheses formulated were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Finding however indicated that the Principals-Teachers interpersonal relation, Staff participation in decision making process and delegation of responsibility have significant relationship with teachers job performance (r = 0.175, P<0.05), (r = 0.188, P< 0.05) and ( r = 0.203, P < 0.05 ) respectively. Findings also revealed that each of the independent variables covered in this study have individual effect on teachers’ job performance (R2 = 0.18, P<0.05). Findings finally revealed that there is a joint or composite significant effect of independent variables on teachers’ job performance (F = 12.590, P< 0.05). The study thereafter made recommendations such as; authority and opportunity commensurate with responsibility should be given to the teachers delegating responsibility to by their Principals.