Job Satisfaction Amongst Accounting Teachers in Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State

Abstract

The major purpose of this study was to investigate job satisfaction amongst accounting teachers in senior secondary schools in Kaduna state. Five research questions were raised and four null hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The population for the study consisted of 110 accounting teacher made up of 71 male accounting teachers and 39 female accounting teachers drawn from the 74 public secondary schools in Kaduna state. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. A structured questionnaire consisting of 54 items was developed and used for data collection. The questionnaire was face-validated by three experts from the Department of vocational technical education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Crombach Alpha reliability test was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument and yielded a reliability coefficient of .74 Data were analyzed using mean statistic for the research questions and t-test was used to test the null hypotheses. The major finding were it will provide reliable information to government agencies such as ministry of education and zonal inspectorate offices with requisite facts with regards to job satisfaction of accounting teachers, it will enable them to improve the working conditions of their staff so as to derive job satisfaction. Furthermore, the results of this research work will proved the necessary information that will serve as guide to managers and proprietors of schools as it would expose them to the need for improved funding to acquire useful teaching materials for efficient operations. More so, the outcome of this research will afford parents the opportunity to know that job satisfaction has a great influence on teacher’s performance. This will make them provide rewards in the form of gift and donations. It will also make stakeholder in education industry to come up with important and reasonable policies that will make accounting teachers have job satisfaction in their various endeavours. Base on the finding of the study conclusion were drawn which include: the level of availability of instructional materials, funding of accounting education, supervision and monitoring of accounting instructions, appraisal and promotion, interpersonal relationships considering its obvious important in job satisfaction of accounting teacher serve as an ingredient that motivate the teachers to put their maximum attention to pursuit the objective of his profession. Finally, the following recommendations were made: The government should continue to improve on the condition of service, salaries and job security of accounting teachers to ensure that they remain satisfied with their job. The government should increase the provision of necessary condition that will ensure job satisfaction of accounting teachers which include further training, promotion and remuneration for extra work . Lastly, the government should as a matter of urgency provide the necessary instructional materials, equipment, facilities in classroom and workshops, office space and give the teachers free hand to operate.

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APA

DAUDA, A (2021). Job Satisfaction Amongst Accounting Teachers in Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/job-satisfaction-amongst-accounting-teachers-in-senior-secondary-schools-in-kaduna-state

MLA 8th

DAUDA, AUDU "Job Satisfaction Amongst Accounting Teachers in Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State" Afribary. Afribary, 22 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/job-satisfaction-amongst-accounting-teachers-in-senior-secondary-schools-in-kaduna-state. Accessed 04 Oct. 2024.

MLA7

DAUDA, AUDU . "Job Satisfaction Amongst Accounting Teachers in Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State". Afribary, Afribary, 22 Apr. 2021. Web. 04 Oct. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/job-satisfaction-amongst-accounting-teachers-in-senior-secondary-schools-in-kaduna-state >.

Chicago

DAUDA, AUDU . "Job Satisfaction Amongst Accounting Teachers in Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State" Afribary (2021). Accessed October 04, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/job-satisfaction-amongst-accounting-teachers-in-senior-secondary-schools-in-kaduna-state