Collective Bargaining as Correlate of Principals’ and Teachers’ Job Performance in Secondary Schools’ in Lagos State

Abstract

The study examined the correlation between collective bargaining and principals’ job performance in secondary schools in Lagos State. The purpose of the study was to examine the extent of correlation between collective bargaining and principals’’ job performance with a view to improving educational goals of public secondary schools in Lagos State. The study was done using descriptive method of research. Four hundred teachers drawn from twenty schools in two education districts of Lagos State, responded to structured questionnaires presented to them. Instrument was validated using a test re-test method. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 16.0 version. The Pearson product r was used to analyze the result. The result was 0.21 and 0.00 which showed strong and positive correlation at a significant level of 0.05. This showed that collective bargaining positively correlates principals’ job performance. Implication of the study reveals that unfair labour practices are to be avoided in organization if fairness and consistency of employment policies are to be entrenched.

Keywords: Collective Bargaining, Education, Educational Goals, Employment Policy, Job Performance, Labour Practices, Lagos State, Organization, Principals, Secondary School.