INNOVATIVE AND TEAM-ORIENTATION ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN SCHOOLS AS CORRELATES OF TEACHERS’ JOB SATISFACTION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ABIA STATE

Nzewi, Felicia Ebelechukwu & Prof. Perpetua Okorji
Department of Educational Management and Policy
Faculty of Education,
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

Abstract

The study investigated innovative and team-orientation organizational culture in schools as correlates of teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Abia State. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted for the study correlational research design. The population of the study consisted of 4,812 teachers in the 277 public secondary schools in Abia State. A sample size of 722 teachers was drawn for the study using proportionate stratified random sampling technique. Two set of instruments titled “Innovative and Team-orientation Organizational Culture Scale (ITOCS) and “Teachers’ Job Satisfaction Scale (TJSC)’’ were used for data collection. The instruments were face validated by three experts; who are lecturers, two in the Department of Educational Management and Policy and one specialist in Measurement and Evaluation in Department of Educational Foundations, all in the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University. The instruments were subjected to test of internal consistency using Cronbach alpha which yielded overall coefficient of 0.80 for ITOCS and 0.77 for TJSC. The researcher together with three research assistants administered copies of the questionnaires directly to the respondents and a 98 percent return rate of the instruments was recorded. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation for the research questions, and t-test of correlation for the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed among others that there is strong relationship between innovative organizational culture in schools and teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Abia State. It was also found out that team-orientation organizational culture in schools has strong positive relationship with teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Abia State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Secondary Education Management Board should organize annual seminar programmes for principals to enable them grow their knowledge base and develop more skills for building innovative organizational culture that encourage creativity and improve job satisfaction of teachers.

Key Words: Innovative, Team-Orientation, Organizational Culture, Teachers, Job Satisfaction