AN INVESTIGATION OF JOB SATISFACTION AND DISSATISFACTION AMONG THE TEACHERS IN SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA
AN INVESTIGATION OF JOB SATISFACTION AND DISSATISFACTION AMONG THE TEACHERS IN SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA
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1978-09
Authors
OLADEBO, SAMSON ADEBAYO
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Abstract
This study was designed to measure and explain job
satisfaction among secondary level teachers in Kano,
Nigeria through a questionnaire instrument. The study
measured (1) the degree of satisfaction among the teachers
with ten components of job satisfaction: recognition,
achievement, work itself, advancement, responsibility,
salary, administrative policies, supervision, interpersonal
relations, and working conditions; (2) differences in
satisfaction with the ten components between teachers
according to qualifications, sex, age, experience, reasons
for entering the teaching profession, and school area;
(3) differences in overall satisfaction between teachers
according to these classifications.
Population
A total of 356 Nigerian teachers from 30 secondary
institutions selected at random constituted the sample.
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Usable questionnaires were obtained from 284 respondents.
Procedure
The procedure included an extensive review of the
literature dealing with job satisfaction. The items of
this study's instrument were selected from the list of job
satisfaction items used by various researchers as relevant
to the Nigerian educational system.
The instrument was comprised of a three-part questionnaire:
(1) six items of demographic information;
(2) fifty-eight items divided into ten components or scales
for assessing job satisfaction; and (3) additional free
responses from the respondents concerning other items or
factors not covered by the questionnaire. Questionnaires
were personally delivered and collected.
Degree of satisfaction was determined by the response
frequency scores; high satisfaction scores were interpreted
as "satisfaction," high dissatisfaction scores were
interpreted as "dissatisfaction," and high scores between
the two as "undecided."
The discriminant function analysis and multivariate
analysis of variance were the statistical procedures applied
to test the hypothesis of equal population means between
groups of the six demographic classifications. A three-way
analysis of variance was used to test the six alternative
hypotheses.
Description
A DISSERTATION
SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
for the degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Field of Educational Administration
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
BY
SAMSON ADEBAYO OLADEBO
Evanston, Illinois
September, 1978
Keywords
INVESTIGATION,, JOB,, SATISFACTION,, DISSATISFACTION,, AMONG,, TEACHERS,, SECONDARY,, INSTITUTIONS,, KANO STATE,, NIGERIA,