Influence of Personality Traits and Work Commitment on the Job Performance of Public Secondary School Teachers in Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study determined the level of job performance of secondary school teachers in Ondo State. It assessed the work commitment level of the teachers. It further established the joint influence of personality traits (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism) and work commitment on the job performance of secondary school teachers. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The sample for this study consisted of 15 Principals, 75 Heads of Departments (HODs) and 300 Class Teachers in five Local Government Areas (LGAs) from 15 randomly selected public secondary schools from the LGAs. The results showed that 15.7%, 67.9% and 16.4% of secondary school teachers in Ondo State demonstrated low, moderate and high levels of job performance respectively. The results also showed that 11.7%, 72.1% and 17.1% of the teachers in secondary schools in Ondo State demonstrated low, moderate and high levels of work commitment respectively. Also, the result showed that the combination of personality traits and work commitment could significantly influence the job performance of the teachers (F =541.158, p<0.05).