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Selected School Climate Variables and Lecturers’ Attitude to Work in Colleges of Education in South-South Zone, Nigeria

Abstract

The high level of non-chalant and uncommitted attitude of lecturers towards their work in Colleges of Education in Nigeria, with particular reference to the Colleges in South-South Zone of Nigeria; prompted this research work. The research was therefore designed to investigate Selected School Climate Variables and Lecturers’ Attitude to Work in Colleges of Education in South-South Zone of Nigeria. The study used all the seven (7) Colleges in the zone comprising of 1,418 academic staff. The sample for the study was 180 academic staff drawn from all the seven (7) Colleges of Education in the zone, out of which, 30 were between the ranks of Senior to Chief Lecturers. The instrument used for data collection was a well-designed questionnaire on School Climate Variables and Lecturers’ Attitude to Work (SCVLAW). The instrument was validated by two experts in educational measurement and evaluation and a Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient of 0.88 was obtained from the data collected in a test and re-test sample of 30 subjects. A correlational design was used; four research questions and four hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) analysis was used to test the level of relationships amongst the variables. The study revealed among other things that, there is a very high level of relationship between availability of school working facilities and lecturers’ attitude to work; with mean average of 2.64 and standard deviation of 1.05; there was high level of social climate variable in the Colleges under study, there is a high relationship between Chief Executive leadership style and lecturers’ attitude to work and a high level of relationship between lecturers’ participation in school decision-making and their attitude to work. On the test of hypotheses between the variables, it was found that all the investigated variables have a high relationship among themselves. Based on these findings, it was concluded that school climate variables must be taken into consideration in school administration since they have significant relationship with lecturers’ attitude to work.

Country : Nigeria

1 Ugbong Benedict Igboh2 James Etim Archibong3 Augustine Odido Oshiomu

  1. Academic Doctors/Chief Lecturers, Department of Educational Foundation, School of Education, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa-Nigeria
  2. Academic Doctors/Chief Lecturers, Department of Educational Foundation, School of Education, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa-Nigeria
  3. Academic Doctors/Chief Lecturers, Department of Educational Foundation, School of Education, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa-Nigeria

IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2023 pp. 85-92

doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2023.707013

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