Influence of Leadership Style and Security-Related factors On Teachers’ Attrition among Public Secondary Schools in North-East Senatorial District of Benue State, Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.64348/zije.2026459Abstract
The study investigated the influence of job-related variables such as Leadership styles and Security-Related Factors on teachers’ attrition in public secondary schools in Benue North East Senatorial District, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study, while two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study population consisted of 1,274 teachers from 98 public secondary schools. A sample of the study was 254 teachers representing 20% of all the teachers from 19 secondary schools representing 20% of the school population. Job-Related Variables and Teachers’ Attrition Questionnaire (JRVTAQ) was used for data collection. It was validated by three experts, with a reliability coefficient of 0.91 using Cronbach Alpha. Data were analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation to answer the research questions and the chi-square (χ2) test of goodness-of-fit was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that leadership and security-related issues have significant negative influence on teachers’ attrition in public secondary schools in Benue North East Senatorial District, Nigeria. The study concluded that there is significant negative influence of job-related variables on teachers’ attrition in public secondary schools in Benue North East Senatorial District, Nigeria. It was recommended among others that principals and other educational authorities should promote effective and participatory leadership practices with the school system to create a supportive and motivating work environment for teachers so that they could feel among and maintain their job.
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