Abstract

The study investigated work environment as a predictor of teachers’ job engagement of public secondary schools in Anambra State. The study was guided by three research questions and three null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlational research design was used in carrying out the study. The population of the study consisted of 8,187 teachers in the 269 public secondary schools in Anambra State. A sample size of 819 teachers was drawn for the study using proportionate stratified random sampling technique. Two set of instruments titled “Work Environment scale (WES) and Teachers’ Job Engagement Scale (TJES)’’ were used for data collection. The instruments were subjected to face validation by three experts, two in the Department of Educational Management and Policy, and a specialist in Measurement and Evaluation all in the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The instruments were subjected to test of internal consistency using Cronbach alpha which yielded overall coefficient of 0.78 for WES and 0.80 for TJES. The researchers together with three research assistants administered copies of the questionnaires directly to the respondents and a 98 percent was recorded. Data were analyzed using simple for answering the research questions and testing the hypotheses 1-2, while multiple regression was used to answer research question 3 and test hypothesis 3. The findings of the study revealed among others that physical work environment is a strong and significant predictor of teachers’ job engagement of public secondary schools in Anambra State. It was also reported that psychosocial work environment is a strong and significant predictor of teachers’ job engagement of public secondary schools in Anambra State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Government should provide more facilities to schools to build conducive physical work environment that improve teachers’ job engagement.