ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AS CORRELATES OF TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE.

Abstract

The study examined organizational culture as correlates of teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Four research questions guided the study and four null hypothesis were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of seven thousand two hundred and ninety (7,290) teachers in two hundred and sixty seven (267) public secondary schools in the six education zones of Anambra State (Department of Planning, Research and Statistics, Post Primary Schools Service Commission (PPSSC), Awka 2024. The sample size for this study comprised three hundred and sixty five (365) teachers drawn using simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection were two sets of questionnaires structured by the researcher tagged: “Organizational Culture Questionnaire (OCQ)” and “Teachers Job Performance Questionnaire (TJPQ)”. The questionnaires were administered to the respondents with the help of five research assistants. The face validity of the instruments was established by three experts in the Department of Educational Foundations in Faculty of Education, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus. Principal Component Analysis (PCA approach was used to explore the validity of the instruments.  Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the reliability of the instruments. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) was used to answer the research questions at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed among others that there is a positive and significant relationship between clan, adhocracy, hierarchical culture and teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Anambra State. It was also found out that there is low positive and no significant relationship between market culture and teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that principals should ensure team work among teachers so that teachers will have opportunity to share their different experiences for others to learn. Principals in collaboration with Parents Teachers Association (PTA) should motivate creative and innovative teachers by implementing their good ideas and rewarding them. Principals should also provide organogram that would help teachers to know their job roles at all time and the relationship that exists in the school.  Anambra State Post Primary School Service Commission should organize periodic trainings for principals on organizational culture through the State Chapter of All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS).