RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK ETHICS AND TEACHERS PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between work ethics and teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population of this study comprised all the 5,949 teachers in the 268 public secondary schools in the six Education Zones in Anambra State. To ensure a representative selection of teachers for the study, a multi-stage sampling technique was employed to reduce the population of 5,949 teachers across 268 public secondary schools in the six education zones of Anambra State to a sample size of 540 teachers. Two structured questionnaires developed by the researcher were used to collect data for the study. The face and content validity of the instrument was determined by subjecting the instrument for scrutiny by three experts. These experts are lecturers from the Faculty of Education, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus. To determine the reliability of the instruments, a pilot study was carried out on 20 teachers in public secondary schools in Enugu State. The application of Cronbach Alpha reliability analysis on the data collected yielded reliability coeffienceints of 0.84 for QTWE and 0.85 for QTJP. Data for the study were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis. The finding of the study revealed that there is a high positive relationship between work ethics and teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Anambra State. The findings of the study revealed that there was a significant positive relationship between work ethics and job performance of male and female teachers in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Furthermore, the finding of the study revealed a significant positive relationship between work ethics and teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Anambra State.  Based on the findings of the study the researcher recommended among others that Principals of public secondary schools should organise periodic professional development programmes focusing on ethical standards, commitment and professionalism.