RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND JOB EFFECTIVENESS OF BUSINESS STUDIES TEACHERS IN PUBLIC JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KWARA STATE OF NIGERIA
Keywords:
Business Studies Teachers, Human Resource Utilization, Infrastructural Resource Utilization, Instructional Resource Utilization, Job Effectiveness, Resources Utilization.Abstract
This study examined the influence of resource utilization on job effectiveness of business studies teachers in Public Junior Secondary Schools in Kwara State of Nigeria. The study adopted a quantitative research design to achieve the purpose of the study and a total enumeration sampling method to select 1,054 business studies teachers for the study. Descriptive and inferential statistics and were used to perform the data analyses. The findings revealed that the level of job effectiveness among the respondents is high (Mean=3.14). The level of resource utilization is moderately high (x=2.70). Human resource utilization (1.007; t-value = 48.333, p <.000) strongly and positively influence job effectiveness when considered separately, while instructional resource utilization (-0.511; t = -10.420, p <.000) and infrastructural resource utilization (0.483; t = 9.475, p <.000) both contribute positively to job effectiveness. The authors recommend, among others, that government should endeavour to continuous investment financial resources on professional development programmes in order to aid effective curriculum development and instructional delivery.
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