Personnel Labour Union Characteristics and Effectiveness of School Management in South- West Secondary Schools, Nigeria

Abstract

Personnel in organisations such as the school, belong to labour union where they strive to assert their rights. The study investigated the various characteristics exhibited by school teachers in their labour union (Nigeria Union of Teachers) and their influence on the effectiveness of the school management in South West secondary schools, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study consisted 10, 211 teachers from which the sample size of 384 teachers was selected based on the Taro Yamane formula. A researcher constructed questionnaire “Personnel Union Characteristics and School Managers Effectiveness Questionnaire” (PUCSMEQ) was used for the study. The research questions were answered in mean and standard deviation, using 2.5 as the acceptable benchmark mean while the hypotheses were tested with chi –square at 0.5 Level of Significant. The findings indicated that the teachers engaged in various union activities such as rallies, display of grievances resulting in strike actions. Also, it was found that the teachers’ union activities, mostly strikes, significantly influenced school management effectiveness of prompt realisation of learning goals. Recommendations such as having the policy of teachers prioritising their primary duties over union activities and management democratic behaviour on union matters were proffered.

Keywords: Personnel, Labour union, characteristics, effectiveness, school management, teachers, principals