ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND JUSTICE AS PREDICTORS OF LECTURERS’ JOB COMMITMENT IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA

Ezechukwu, Oluchukwu Charity & Prof. Emenike Obi
Department of Educational Management and Policy
Faculty of Education,
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

Abstract

The study investigated organizational culture and justice as predictors of lecturers’ job commitment in colleges of education in South East, Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study and four null hypotheses which were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlation research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all the 3,072 lecturers in all the five State and four Federal Government-owned Colleges of Education in South East, Nigeria. A sample size of 519 lecturers was drawn for the study using multistage sampling procedure involving simple random and proportionate sampling techniques. A researcher developed questionnaires titled ‘‘Organizational Culture Scale (OCS)’’, ‘‘Organizational Justice Scale (OJS)’’ and ‘‘Lecturers Job Commitment Scale (LJCS)’’ were used for data collection. The instruments were validated by three experts, two from the Department of Educational Management and Policy, and one from the Department of Educational Foundations, Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Cronbach alpha was used for a test of internal consistency of the instrument and it yielded overall reliability co-efficients of 0.81, 0.79 and 0.80 for OCS, OJS and LJCS respectively. The researcher together with five research assistants collected data for the study using the direct approach method and 97% return was recorded. Simple regression was used to answer the research questions and hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed among others that supportive culture, innovative culture and distributive justice are strong predictors of lecturers’ job commitment. It also revealed that all dimensions of organizational culture and justice are significant predictors of lecturers’ job commitment in colleges of education in South East, Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that National Commissions for Colleges of Education should embark on periodic review of organizational cultures of colleges and make recommendations thereon to bring positive modification for creating favourable work environment that improve the job commitment of lecturers.

Key words: Organizational culture, Justice, Lecturers, Job Commitment