Influence of Workload on Job Performance Among Secondary School Teachers in Southwest, Nigeria

Recently, concerns have been raised regarding the quality of job performanceamong teachers in secondary schools in Southwest Nigeria with respect totheir workload. This study investigated the influence of workload on the jobperformance of secondary school teachers in Southwest Nigeria. Descriptivesurvey research design was employed. The population consisted of teachersand principals from 2,262 public and 2,318 private secondary schools inSouthwest Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used. Threeinstruments-Workload Questionnaire (WQ)(á = 0.78), Teachers’Administrative Job Performance Questionnaire (TAJPQ)(á = 0.67) andTeachers’ Instructional Job Performance Questionnaire (TIJPQ)(á = 0.7) wereused for data collection. Two research questions and three hypotheses wereraised and answered. The results revealed that public secondary schoolteachers had a high level of job performance in both administrative (mean=0.347) and instructional (mean=0.314) responsibilities, while privatesecondary school teachers had a high level of job performance in bothcategories as well(mean=2.98, mean=3.58). Test of hypotheses revealedthat there is a significant joint influence of workload indices (working timeand class size) (Adjusted R2=0.808, F=1601.069; p<0.05) on teachers’job performance in secondary schools in Southwest, Nigeria. It was also foundthat working time has the highest relative influence on job performance (â =1.063; t = 36.933, p < 0.05) followed by class size (â = 0.059; t =1.385, p > 0.05). There was significant difference of job performance ofteachers based on school types (Public – mean =0.4000, Private – mean =0.830). It was recommended that there is a need for ongoing professionaldevelopment opportunities for teachers, clear expectations and guidelinesset by the government and school administrators.