MOTIVATION AND MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION AS CORRELATES OF STAFF JOB COMMITMENT IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN OGUN STATE

Abstract

The importance of workers’ job commitment in Nigerian Colleges of
Education has been a continuing focus of attention. This study
examined motivation and management communication as correlates of
staff job commitment in Colleges of Education in Ogun State, Nigeria.
Three hypotheses were formulated and tested. The study adopted
correlational research design while the population of the study
comprised of 1,624 academic and non-academic staff in six Colleges of
Education in Ogun State. Simple random sampling technique was used
to select 345 academic and non-academic staff of four randomly
selected Colleges. Three questionnaires (Staff Motivation
Questionnaire, Management-Staff Communication Questionnaire, and
Job Commitment Questionnaire) with reliability coefficients of 0.75,
0.78, and 0.80 were used for the study. The data obtained were
analysed using frequency counts and percentages for demographic
data, and hypotheses were tested using Pearson’s Product Moment
Correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis at 0.05 level of
significance. Findings showed that motivation and staff job
commitment were significantly correlated (r=0.82; p<0.05) and
management communication and staff job commitment were
significantly correlated (r=0.74; p<0.05). The combined variables
(motivation and management communication) accounted for 52.1% of
the variance in the staff job commitment in Colleges of Education (F (2,
344) = 41.666; p < 0.05). The study recommended among others that
management team of Colleges of Education should provide continuous
motivation to staff and reduce communication gap between them so
that desirable job commitment would be achieved.