The Relationship between Teacher’s Motivation and their Job Satisfaction in Secondary Schools in Onitsh Education Zone, Anambra State, Nigeria

Aims: This study determined.

The relationship between teacher’s intrinsic motivation and job satisfaction in secondary schools in rural areas in Onitsha education zone.

The relationship between teacher’s extrinsic motivation and job satisfaction in secondary schools in rural areas in Onitsha education zone.

The relationship between teacher’s intrinsic motivation and job satisfaction in secondary schools in urban areas in Onitsha education zone.

The relationship between teacher’s extrinsic motivation and job satisfaction in secondary schools in urban areas in Onitsha education zone.

Study Design: This study adopted the Correlation Survey Research Design.

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted among secondary school teachers in secondary schools in Onitsha Education Zone of Anambra State, Nigeria.

Methodology: The population of this study comprised 1,179 (male = 92, female = 1087) teachers in government owned secondary schools in Onitsha education zone. The sample for this study is 300 teachers (175 – schools in urban areas, 125 – schools in rural areas). The instruments adopted for data collection were the Work Task Motivation Scale for Teachers (WTMST) and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ). The Work task Motivation Scale for Teachers was developed by Fernet, Senecal, Guay, Marsh, Dowson (2008). The questionnaire contains 15 items on why teachers are motivated to carry out teaching tasks. The MSQ is developed by Weiss, Dawis, England and Lofquist (1967) to measure an employees’ satisfaction with their job. The MSQ consist of 20-items from the long form MSQ that best represent each of the 20 scales. The instruments for data collection were not subjected to further validation because they are standardized instruments. However, both the WTMST and MSQ have been adopted for use in other studies in Nigeria. Based on this usability, the instrument will be adopted for the present study. The administration of the instrument was done through direct delivery approach. In this approach, copies of the questionnaire were distributed personally to the respondents by the researcher with the help of some research assistants. The data collected was analyzed using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (Pearson r), applying the statistical package for social science (SPSS) for data coding and analysis.

Results: The finding of this study revealed that a high positive relationship of 0.632 exist between intrinsic motivation and job satisfaction in secondary schools in rural areas in Onitsha education zone, A moderate positive relationship of 0.530 exist between teacher’s extrinsic motivation and job satisfaction in secondary schools in rural areas in Onitsha Education zone, A moderate positive relationship of 0.482 exist between teacher’s intrinsic motivation and job satisfaction in secondary schools in urban area in Onitsha Education zone, A high positive relationship of 0.70 exist between teacher’s extrinsic motivation and job satisfaction in secondary schools in urban area in Onitsha Education zone.

Conclusion: This study concludes that a high and positive relationship exist between teacher’s intrinsic motivation and job satisfaction in secondary schools in rural and urban areas, a moderate and positive relationship exist between teacher’s extrinsic motivation and job satisfaction in secondary schools in rural and urban areas.