Benue State University, Makurdi

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN BENUE STATE NORTH-WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT

Orchir Doowuese Mercy and Prof. Adejo Okwori

Abstract

This study investigated Human Resource Management and Teachers’ Job Performance in Benue State North-West Senatorial District. The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of recruitment, promotion, and training on teachers’ job performance. The study was guided by three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. A sample size of 389 comprising of teachers, vice-principals and principals was drawn from the entire population of 4,743 respondents across the 87 public secondary schools in Benue State NorthWest Senatorial District for 2020/2021 academic session using multi-stage sampling technique. Data were collected using Human Resource Management and Teachers’ Job Performance Questionnaire (HRMTJPQ). The instrument yielded a reliability co-efficient of 0.88 using Cronbach alpha. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while inferential statistics of chi-square (x 2 ) test of goodness of fit was adopted to test the null hypotheses. The result of the findings revealed that recruitment, promotion and training, have significant impact on teachers’ job performance in North-West Senatorial District. Based on the findings, it was concluded that viability of every public secondary school is based on the effective functioning of the human resource management team in decision making with respect to recruitment, promotion and training, of public school teachers. It was therefore recommended among others that federal and state government should ensure that teachers in public secondary schools are constantly promoted as at when due in order to keep them motivated to give their best in active service for the development of the public schools.

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