WORK MOTIVATION, TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS, AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AS CORRELATES OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PRODUCTIVITY IN ILORIN SOUTH, KWARA STATE
Keywords:
Work Motivation, Teacher Effectiveness, Emotional Intelligence and Teachers’ Productivity.Abstract
The study examined work motivation, teacher effectiveness and emotional intelligence as correlates of Senior
Secondary School (SSS) teachers’ productivity in Ilorin South, Kwara State. A descriptive survey research
design was used for this study. The target population consisted of all public Senior Secondary School teachers in
Ilorin South, Kwara State. The sample consisted of 312 teachers who were proportionately selected as the
number of teachers in each of the schools was not the same. In addition, four administrators (Principal/VPs and
HODs) were purposively selected from each of the schools to assess their respective school’s teacher
effectiveness and productivity. The instruments that were used for data collection include: Teacher Work
Motivation Scale (TWMS), Teacher Emotional Intelligence Scale (TEIS), Teacher Effectiveness Scale (TES),
Teacher Productivity Scale (TPS) with reliability indexes of 0.71, 0.86, 0.71 and 0.73 respectively. The data
collected were analyzed using percentage and Multiple Regression Analysis at 0.05 significant level. The
findings of the study revealed that the level of teacher work motivation in SSS, Ilorin South, Kwara State was
average. The level of teacher effectiveness in SSS, Ilorin South, Kwara State was average. The level of teacher
emotional intelligence in SSS, Ilorin South, Kwara State and productivity was high. The level of teacher
productivity in SSS, Ilorin South, Kwara State was average. There was a significant relationship among work
motivation, teacher effectiveness, emotional intelligence and teachers’ productivity in SSS, Ilorin South, Kwara
State. It was recommended that educational managers and employers should adopt motivational strategies that
could enhance teachers’ work performance such as regular payment of salary, prompt remuneration, increasing
their entitlement package, providing adequate work incentives and conducive work environment to encourage
greater work commitment