Teamwork, Motivation, and Leadership Skills as Predictors of Healthy Work Culture in Public Middle Schools in Iwo Local Government, Osun State

Abstract

This study examined teamwork, motivation, and leadership skills as
determinants to a healthy work culture in public middle schools in Iwo local
government, Osun state, Nigeria. The research design used was descriptive
survey method. The population for the study encompassed all the teachers,
principals and vice principals of the twenty middle schools in Iwo local
government area of Osun State, Nigeria. The teachers, principals and vice
principals have been stratified to middle schools in Iwo local government
area. All the twenty principals and vice principals were used for the research
while ten teachers were randomly selected from each school making two
hundred and forty respondents for the study. One research instrument was
designed named Teamwork, Motivation and Leadership Skills Questionnaire
(TMLSQ) and used to collect relevant data. The reliability of the questionnaire
was determined using test-retest method and the Cronbach alpha is 0.853.
Two research questions and two hypotheses were set for the study. The
simple percentage was used to calculate the research questions while
regression statistical analysis was used to test for the research hypotheses at 0.05% level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that lack
of trust amidst the teachers (36.5%) is the highest perceived inhibiting
harmonious factor towards teachers working together in schools, while
keeping malice has the least percentage (12.5%). The results also revealed
that prompt payment of salary (66.5%) is the highest perceived identified
factor that can motivate teachers in the schools, followed by promotion
(32%) and healthy competition (13%) was the least perceived factor that
can motivate teachers. Moreover, the multiple regression analysis produced
a coefficient of correlation R of 0.687, indicating that there is a very high
positive influence of team work, motivation and leadership skills on a healthy
work culture in middle secondary schools, Iwo local government. The joint
influence also produced a value of 0.572, which implies that the combined
influence of the independent variables is about 57.2% which is relatively
high. Therefore, the study recommended that government should always
pay teachers salary as at when due and salary review should be done regularly.
The principals should try as much as possible to eliminate the inhibiting
harmonious factors towards teachers working together in the middle schools.