Turnover Causation Amongst High School Teachers in Nigeria

Four theoretical frameworks were used to explore causations of turnover amongst high school teachers in Nigeria: (1) teachers’ personal health, (2) work–family life, (3) job satisfaction, and (4) actual turnover intention. Quantitative data were obtained from 925 public high school teachers in Ogun...

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Main Authors: Ajayi, S., Olatunji, Oluwole
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor and Francis 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69959
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description Four theoretical frameworks were used to explore causations of turnover amongst high school teachers in Nigeria: (1) teachers’ personal health, (2) work–family life, (3) job satisfaction, and (4) actual turnover intention. Quantitative data were obtained from 925 public high school teachers in Ogun State, South-Western Nigeria. Cronbach's Alpha reliability procedure, regression modelling and t-test were used to analyse a total of 96 causations of turnover. Ad hoc analysis returned an Alpha value of 0.78. However, this improved to 0.93 when the causation factors were reduced to 64 – those with highest item-rest and itemtotal correlations. The findings showed that job (dis)satisfaction, personal health and work– family life conflict are prominent amongst the issues that trigger the intention of Nigerian high school teachers to quit their jobs voluntarily. Insights from the findings will help funding administrators in prioritising strategic decisions around mitigating turnover.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-699592019-03-05T04:46:36Z Turnover Causation Amongst High School Teachers in Nigeria Ajayi, S. Olatunji, Oluwole Four theoretical frameworks were used to explore causations of turnover amongst high school teachers in Nigeria: (1) teachers’ personal health, (2) work–family life, (3) job satisfaction, and (4) actual turnover intention. Quantitative data were obtained from 925 public high school teachers in Ogun State, South-Western Nigeria. Cronbach's Alpha reliability procedure, regression modelling and t-test were used to analyse a total of 96 causations of turnover. Ad hoc analysis returned an Alpha value of 0.78. However, this improved to 0.93 when the causation factors were reduced to 64 – those with highest item-rest and itemtotal correlations. The findings showed that job (dis)satisfaction, personal health and work– family life conflict are prominent amongst the issues that trigger the intention of Nigerian high school teachers to quit their jobs voluntarily. Insights from the findings will help funding administrators in prioritising strategic decisions around mitigating turnover. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69959 10.1080/18146627.2016.1224602 Taylor and Francis restricted
spellingShingle Ajayi, S.
Olatunji, Oluwole
Turnover Causation Amongst High School Teachers in Nigeria
title Turnover Causation Amongst High School Teachers in Nigeria
title_full Turnover Causation Amongst High School Teachers in Nigeria
title_fullStr Turnover Causation Amongst High School Teachers in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Turnover Causation Amongst High School Teachers in Nigeria
title_short Turnover Causation Amongst High School Teachers in Nigeria
title_sort turnover causation amongst high school teachers in nigeria
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69959