Performance Appraisal and Staff Commitment in Secondary Schools in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, Nigeria
| Main Authors: | Obona, Edut Egbe, Sampson, Mmayen Annie Etete |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2019
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5234895 |
Daftar Isi:
- The study sought to determine the effect of performance appraisal on teacher’s commitment in secondary schools’ in Calabar Municipality. Specifically, the study explored the effect of goal-setting practices, performance feedback practices and reward system practices on teacher’s commitment in secondary school in Calabar Municipality. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The study’s target population was all teachers and principals in public secondary schools in Calabar Municipals. The study employed a stratified random sampling technique in sample selection. The study sample was 100 respondents. The questionnaire was used to collect primary data. In data analysis, quantitative data were analyzed through descriptive statistics in form of mean and standard deviation using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, version 26). The study also conducted regression and correlation analysis to test the relationship between the study variables. The study established that secondary school teachers agreed that goal-setting practices have helped them improve teaching methodologies (mean 3.198); The feedback received agrees with what teachers have achieved (mean 3.249); further, the study results revealed a significant positive relationship between goal-setting practices, performance feedback practice as well as reward system practices and teachers’ commitment to duty as indicated by the coefficient values of 0.391; 0.279 and 0.277(with all having a P < 0.05), respectively. The study concluded that goal-setting practices, performance feedback practices and reward system practices as a performance appraisal system played a significant role in enhancing teachers’ commitment in secondary schools in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State. The study recommended that School supervisors and the ministry of education should enhance goal-setting practices, provide regular and timely feedback to teachers and link attainment of goals with rewards in other to improve as well as sustain teacher’s commitment to duty in secondary schools.