DR. AMA NKAMA NNACHI
Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo
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DR. UWAOMA AKWU UDE
Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo.
Abstract.
The study investigated the personality traits and motivational indices as correlates of work attitude of secondary school teachers in the south east geo-political zone of Nigeria. Four research questions were raised to guide the study and four null hypotheses were formulated to test various assumptions in the study. Related literature was reviewed. Correlation survey research design was adopted in carrying out this work. A sample of 2,547 teachers was drawn from a population of 25,466 secondary school teacher using a proportional random sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was an adapted questionnaire called personality traits, motivational indices and work attitude (PERMWAQ). The data collected were analyzed using correlation matrices and multiple regression analysis and were tested at 0.05 level of significant. The study revealed that there is significant relationship between personality traits and work attitude of teacher. Also there is a significant relationship between job security and work attitude of teachers but there is no significant relationship between regular payment of leave transport bonus and the work attitude of secondary school teachers. It was recommended that an improvement in the conditions of service and payment of adequate minimum wage for teachers are inevitable. The study further recommended that teachers’ personality traits should be improved through adult counselling services.
Keywords: Personality, Motivation and Job attitude.
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