ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT AND SELF EFFICACY AS CORRELATES OF PERCEIVED PRODUCTIVITY AMONG TEACHERS OF PUPILS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN OYO STATE

Abstract

Hearing disability induced challenges of pupils who have hearing impairment (PWHI) such as aggression, depression, and low self-esteem have made teaching them difficult than regular students. As a result, teachers of PWHI tend to be ineffective and unproductive. This study examined the relationships between organisational commitment (OC) and self-efficacy (SE) on perceived productivity of teachers of PWHI in special schools in Oyo State. Descriptive survey design of the correlational type was adopted. Stratified random sampling was used in classifying sixteen (16) special schools into rural and urban areas, total enumeration technique was used to draw 139 teachers of PWHI in these schools. OC (r = 0.87) and SE (r = 0.80) scales were used for data collection. Data were analysed using Pearson product moment correlation at 0.05 level of significance. OC(r =0.28) and SE(r = 0.21) had positive significant relationship with and predicted perceived productivity of teachers of PWHI.