ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOUR AS DETERMINANTS OF BUSINESS STUDIES TEACHERS’JOB PERFORMANCE IN OYO STATE PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, NIGERIA

Abstract

Job performance of Nigerian teachers has been a major concern to all stakeholders, especially Business Studies teachers. This was due to the rate of failure in both Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) and National Examination Council (NECO) in recent times, particularly between 2008 and 2014. This research therefore investigated the potency of organizational climate and leadership behaviour as determinants of Business Studies teachers’ job performance in Oyo State public secondary schools, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was used. Two null hypotheses were postulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A sample of 1,395 participants was selected through multistage stratified random sampling technique out of 2,646 population of business studies teachers and principals in Oyo state public secondary schools. Data were collected using three validated instruments: Organizational Climate Survey Questionnaire (OCSQ) r = 0.859, Leadership Behaviour Questionnaire (LBQ) r = 0.901 and the teachers’ job performance rating scale (TJPRS) r = 0.79. Teachers’ Job Performance Rating Scale was adopted from Ubabudu (2005), the remaining two instruments were adapted and validity and reliability were done by Internal Consistency and Cronbach Alfa methods respectively. Multiple Regression Analysis was used for data analysis. Findings revealed that leadership behaviour and organisational climate significantly combined to determine teachers’ job performance (F2,1144 = 69.201; p < .05). Also, Leadership behaviour (Beta = .248; t = 7.538; p < .05) and organisational climate (Beta = .122; t = 3.701; p < 0.05) independently made significant contributions as determinants of job performance of Business Studies teachers in Oyo state secondary schools. It was recommended that School principals should always imbibe and exhibit good leadership behaviour and that school organizational climate should be made friendly to enhance Business Studies teachers’ job performance.