Personality Traits and Job Commitment of Primary School Teachers in Manafwa District, Uganda

ABSTRACT The present study was carried out in Manafwa district of Uganda to identify the dominant personality traits of the primary school teachers in Manafwa District, Uganda; to examine the level of job commitment of primary school teachers in Manafwa District, Uganda; and to find out the relationship between primary school teachers‘ dominant personality traits and their job commitment in Manafwa District, Uganda. The study took a cross-sectional survey design using quantitative and qualitative approaches. Taking a sample of 300 teachers who were selected randomly from 30 primary schools which were selected purposively, the teachers filled the questionnaires, and 50 of those very people were in addition interviewed orally so as to get detailed information about teachers‘ personality traits and their commitment. The findings of the study were that the majority of the primary school teacher in Manafwa district are having the dominant personality of Extraversion; the level of job commitment of primary school teachers in Manafwa District, was high; and that there is no significant relationship between primary school teachers‘ dominant personality traits and their job commitment in Manafwa District, Uganda, thus the study uncovered that the dominant personality traits of a person does not influence his/her commitment on the job so much, instead it is other factors such as remuneration, working environment, head teachers‘ management style, teachers‘ workload, home environment, one‘s health, geographical factors, as well as one‘s educational qualification which influence so much a person‘s level of commitment on the job. The study made recommendations that primary teachers in Manafwa should be more committed on their jobs. This is based on the finding that their levels of commitment is high. There is need for them to make it very high; and school administrators should ensure they improve those factors which so much influence teachers‘ commitment on their jobs, much as working environment, management style, among others. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

DECLARATION....................................................................................................................................i

ABSTRACT ...........................................................................................................................................ii

APPROVAL.......................................................................................................................................... iii

DEDICATION...................................................................................................................................... iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.................................................................................................................... v

TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................... vi

CHAPTER ONE..................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................1

1.0 Introduction......................................................................................................................................1

1.1.0 Background of the study .............................................................................................................1

1.1.1 Historical Perspective..................................................................................................................1

1.1.2 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE.............................................................................................3

1.1.3 CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVE..............................................................................................4

1.1.4 CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVE..............................................................................................6

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM............................................................................................7

1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY.........................................................................................................8

1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY..................................................................................................8

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1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ...........................................................................................................9

1.6 HYPOTHESES ................................................................................................................................9

1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY..............................................................................................................9

1.7.1. Geographical Scope....................................................................................................................9

1.7.2. Content scope. ...........................................................................................................................10

1.7.3 Time scope................................................................................................................................10

1.8 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY .........................................................................................10

CHAPTER TWO...............................................................................................................................11

LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................11

2.0 Introduction....................................................................................................................................11

2.1Theoretical Review ........................................................................................................................11

2.2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK. ..............................................................................................13

2.3 RELATED LITERATURE..........................................................................................................14

2.3.1 PERSONALITY TRAITS.........................................................................................................14

2.3.2. JOB COMMITMENT..............................................................................................................22

2.3.3. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY TRAITS AND JOB COMMITMENT33

2.4 Summary of Gaps identified........................................................................................................42

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CHAPTER THREE ..........................................................................................................................43

METHODOLOGY............................................................................................................................43

3.1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................43

3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN..................................................................................................................43

3.3 TARGET POPULATION............................................................................................................43

3.4 SAMPLE SIZE..............................................................................................................................44

3.5 SAMPLING TECHNIQUES.......................................................................................................45

3.6 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS ...................................................................................................46

3.6.1 Questionnaires............................................................................................................................46

3.6.2 Interview Guide..........................................................................................................................46

3.7 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE INSTRUMENTS ..............................................47

3.7.1 Validity........................................................................................................................................47

3.7.2 Reliability....................................................................................................................................47

3.8 DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE......................................................................................48

3.9 DATA ANALYSIS.......................................................................................................................48

CHAPTER FOUR .............................................................................................................................50

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA..............................50

4.0 Introduction....................................................................................................................................50

4.2 Findings..........................................................................................................................................51

CHAPTER FIVE...............................................................................................................................66

DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.........................................66

5.0 Introduction....................................................................................................................................66

Discussion.............................................................................................................................................66

5.2 Conclusions....................................................................................................................................72

5.3 Recommendations.........................................................................................................................73

5.4 Areas for future research ..............................................................................................................73

REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................74

APPENDICES......................................................................................................................................79

APPENDIX I:.......................................................................................................................................79

QUESTIONNAIRE TO TEACHERS ..............................................................................................79

PERSONALITY TRAITS..................................................................................................................79

APPENDIX II: TABLE FOR DETERMINING SAMPLE SIZE.................................................85