Work Place Stressors and Job Dissatisfaction among Public Senior Secondary School Teachers in Rivers State
Keywords:
Work, Work Place, Stressors, Job, Job DissatisfactionAbstract
This study investigates work place stressors and job dissatisfaction among public senior secondary school teachers in Rivers State. Correlational research design was adopted in the study. Five research questions and five corresponding null hypotheses were formulated to guide the conduct of this study. The population of the study comprised of all the 8,956 public senior secondary school teachers in Rivers State. The sample for the study comprised of 350 teachers. The researcher utilized the systematic sampling technique to draw the sample across the various senatorial zones, LGAs and schools from the state. A self-structured questionnaire was designed by the researcher titled “Work Place Stressors and Teachers’ Job Dissatisfaction Questionnaire (WPTJDQ)” and Job Dissatisfaction Inventory. The designed instrument was validated experts in Test and Measurement from the Department of Educational Psychology, Guidance and Counselling. To determine the reliability of the instrument, a test-retest technique was used. The researcher visited and administered the same instrument to a sample of secondary school students in Rivers State which is outside the sample schools at two weeks interval. Reliability coefficient of 0.81 and 0.77 were obtained using the Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient for the sections assessing the dimensions of occupational stress and job dissatisfaction respectively. The instruments were administered personally by the researcher with the assistance of three research assistants. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to answer the research questions and test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The analysis of data generated from the study was aided by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings of the study revealed the following: There is a positive weak relationship between lack of promotion and job dissatisfaction of public senior secondary school teachers in Rivers State; there is a positive moderate relationship between overcrowded classroom and job dissatisfaction of public senior secondary school teachers in Rivers State; there is a positive moderate relationship between poor work environment and job dissatisfaction of public senior secondary school teachers in Rivers State; there is a positive moderate relationship between workload and job dissatisfaction of public senior secondary school teachers in Rivers State and there is a positive moderate relationship between poor interpersonal relationship and job dissatisfaction of public senior secondary school teachers in Rivers State. Based on the findings, the study recommends amongst others that Rivers State government should as a matter of urgency promote every teacher who is due for promotion in order to boost their morale and build positive feeling about their job.
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