Restatement of the Problem
Certain conditions or
factors can make workers to perform effectively or ineffectively on their jobs.
Generally, evidence or efficiency is seen in the attitude of a worker towards
the job. There have been a number of factors which are responsible for job
dissatisfaction among workers. These include lack of interest in the work, poor
salaries and poor conditions of service. Business Education Teachers like other
workers tend to be affected by the factors enumerated above.
The effect of poor
conditions of service on the educational system has been identified to include
drift of competent teachers from the classroom to the industries (FME 1986,
Mbata 1990). Lack of motivation tends to force Business education teachers to
engage in personal commercial pursuits such as setting up of typing pools,
auditing accounts of firms and engaging in part time lectures in private
schools and higher institution (Ojukwu, 1988).
With
the high rate of Business teachers attraction and poor public image, resulting
from the poor socio-economic status, there is the fear that the chances of
realizing the nations goal towards self-reliance is remote. Therefore the main
purpose of this study was to identify the factors that motivate secondary school
Business education teachers
for better performance
in Abakaliki Education zone. Specifically, the study sought to.
1. Determine the factors
that motivate workers to work.
2. Determine the
conditions under which Business Education teachers work
3. Determine the
conditions under which workers work.
4. Identify the factors
that would motivate Business Education Teachers for better performance.
In order to achieve
these specific purposes, fair specific questions were addressed in this study:
These questions include:
1. What are the factors
that motivate workers to work?
2. What are the conditions
under which workers to work?
3. What are the conditions
under which Business Education Teachers work?
4. What are the factors
that motivate Business Education teachers for better performance?
1. Is there any significant
differences between the mean responses of the male and female Business Education teachers on the
factors that motivate them
for better performance?
2. Is there any significant
difference in the mean responses of the male and female Business Education
teachers on conditions under which they work?
The population for the
study comprised 50 Business Education teachers made up of 23 male teachers and
27 female teachers. The entire population was used for the study because the
sample was small.
Data were analyzed by
means of standard derivation and t-test statistics
(see appendix c)
Summary of Procedure Used
A survey research
design was employed for this study hence the data were collected by means of
questionnaire. The target population for the study consisted of all 50 Business
Education Teachers in Abakaliki Education Zone.
The entire population
was used for the study because the sample was small. 48 Business Education Teachers
completed and returned
the questionnaire. Data collected were analysed by means of mean,
standard u. deviation and T
- test statistics.
Summary of Findings
The major findings of
the study were as follows:
1. The major factors that
motivate workers to work were: Higher salary, regular annual pay increment,
fringe benefits, job security, chance for promotion, participation in decision
making, recreational facilities, job autonomy of supervision and interest, in
the job.
2. It was
found that workers
worked under the
conditions in which allowance in terms of housing, transportation, Annual leave and medical
services were poor.
They also worked under the condition where
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on the findings
of the study, the following conclusion were drawn:
1. That motivational factors
like higher salary, regular annual pay increment, fringe benefits, job
security, chance for promotion, participation in decision-making, recreational
facilities, job autonomy of supervision and interest in the job should always
be provided and reverenced constantly to enhance productivity among workers.
2. To enhance workers' better
performance on the job the identified poor conditions such as allowance in
terms of housing, transportation, annual leave, medical service, free time in
terms of relaxation, lunch and conference should be improved upon.
3. To enhance Business
Education-Teachers’ efficiency on their job, the identified poor conditions
such as salary, availability of stimulation, facilities like model office plan,
instructional facilities like cassette and textbook should be adequate.
4. Motivational factors like
higher salary, fringe benefits, proper placement, merit raise, favourable work environment, adequate
equipment like typewriters, Data
processing machines and
adequate instructional
facilities e.t.c should be provided and reviewed constantly to enhance
productivity and better performance among Business Education Teachers.
Recommendations
Based on the findings
of this study and the conclusions drawn from it, the
following recommendations were made:
1. The government should
provide fund to
the vocational Business Education section of the
educational sector to ensure regular payment of salaries, other fringe benefits to business education
teachers.
2. Both government at
federal, state and local levels should provide adequate equipment like computers electric typewriters,
projectors, Data processing machines
e.t.c to ensure effective teaching and leaning of business courses.
3. The state education
management Board should ensure that only Business
educators are posted
as principals to schools offering business courses to ensure
that business teachers are accorded their due recognition.
4. Government should aid
business educators in the implementation of some
capital projects
through salary advances and housing loans which could be deducted from their salaries
instalmentally.
5. The community should help in stimulating business education
teachers' interest to work by
donating adequate equipment, instructional facilities and by giving monetary incentives to hard working teachers in
schools in their locality during P.T.A meetings.
5. The school principals should
encourage effectiveness among business education teachers by according them
recognition, giving them merit raise, certificate of merit and recommending
them for promotions.
Suggestion for further Research
Further research should be conducted in the following areas:
1. Factors that motivate
Business Education teachers for better performance in other education zones in
Ebonyi State.
2. The improvement of teaching
and learning of Business Education in Abakaliki Education Zone.
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