Relationship between Teachers Motivation and Performance in Selected Secondary Schools

By : Adeniyi, Mubaidat Adenrele, Ogude-Ufoma, Grace Nkem

Page No: 223-232

Abstract
The study examines teachers’ motivation and performance in public secondary schools in Alimosho Local Education Area of Lagos State. A descriptive survey research design was used for the study and a simple random sampling technique was used to select two hundred respondents. Twenty participants were selected from each of the ten schools randomly selected for the study. It was hypothesised that intermittent payment of teachers’ salaries, jerky promotion and erratic welfare packages impact negatively on their performance. The instrument for the data collection is a researcher-designed questionnaire known as Teachers Motivation and Performance Questionnaires (TEMPEQ). Obtained data were analysed using Chi-Square (χ2) at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that intermittent payment of teachers’ salaries, jerky promotion and erratic welfare packages significantly influence their performance. In conclusion, employers of labour should be consistent in the payment of workers’ salaries, ensure regular promotion with adequate welfare packages. 

Authors:
Adeniyi and Mubaidat Adenrele :  is an associate professor of counselling psychology at the Department of Guidance and Counselling, Lagos State University of Education 
Ogude-Ufoma and Grace Nkem : is a graduate of counselling is a practising counsellor.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2024.19.02.3