Administration of Salaries, Allowances and Teachers Attitude to Work in Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study focuses on the administration of salaries, allowances and teachers attitude to work in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The research design adopted for the study was descriptive survey research design of the expost factor type. A stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting 800 teachers from a population of 2,128 from 376 public secondary schools located in 31 local government areas of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The instrument used for data collection was a fifty (50) item Human Resource Management and Teachers Attitude to Work Questionnaire (HRMTAWQ). Data collected were analysed using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistical tools to test the formulated hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The study found out that there is a significant influence of administration of salaries and allowances on teachers attitude to work. Following this result, it is recommended that the government should give adequate attention to issues relating to human resource management practices. That is, the better the salaries and allowances of teachers, the more likely they are to put up positive attitude towards work

Keywords: Administration; Salaries and allowances; teachers attitude; Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria