QUALITY OF WORK-LIFE IN SCHOOLS AS PREDICTOR OF TEACHERS' JOB SATISFACTION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

The study investigated the quality of work-life in schools as a predictor of teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Four research questions guided the study and four null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A correlational research design was adopted for the study. The study population comprised 7,027 teachers from the 267 public secondary schools in Anambra State. The sample for this study comprised 703 teachers, selected using a proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The researcher developed instruments namely “Quality of Work Life Scale (QWLS) and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction Scale (TJSS)’’ were used for data collection. The face validation of the instruments was determined by three experts, of which two were from the Department of Educational Management and Policy, and one from the Measurement and Evaluation Unit in the Department of Educational Foundations, all from the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine the internal consistency of the instruments, which yielded reliability coefficients of 0.78, 0.76, and 0.79 for the three Clusters of QWLS, and 0.81 for TJSS. The researchers, together with four research assistants, collected data for the study using the direct approach, and a 98% return rate was recorded. Simple regression was used to answer the research questions 1-3 and test hypotheses 1-3, while multiple regression was used to answer research question 4 and test hypothesis 4. The study's findings revealed, among others, that reward systems and training programmes are strong and significant predictors of teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Anambra State. It was also found that career advancement opportunities are moderate and and significant predictor of teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Based on the findings, it was recommended, among others, that the Ministry of Education should formulate a handbook to serve as a guideline for providing uniform career advancement opportunities to teachers to promote their job satisfaction.