WORK ETHICS CONSTRUCTS OF INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND INITIATIVE AS CORRELATES OF CAREER PROGRESSION OF BUSINESS EDUCATORS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH WEST, NIGERIA

Olatunbosun Emmanuel Ajisafe, PhD

Abstract


Educational standards are traceable to the quality of teachers in terms of knowledge and skills possessed. Teachers career progression relative to their functionality may be moderated by the prevailing work ethics in institutions. This study investigated the correlation between work ethics constructs of interpersonal skills and initiative on career progression of business educators in Colleges of Education in Southwest Nigeria.Three research questions guided the study, while three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive correlation survey research design was adopted with a population of 177 Business Educators across all the nine Colleges of Education in Southwest Nigeria. Census sampling was used because of the population size. The instrument for data collection in this study was a questionnaire titled Interpersonal Skills and Initiative Constructs of Work Ethics and Career Progression Scales (ISICWECPC) adapted from Occupational Work Ethics Inventory (OWEI) developed by Hill and Petty (2005) to measure the work ethics. The instrument was validated by three experts from the Department of Education Evaluation and Counseling Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. The reliability test was carried out using Cronbach Alpha which yielded a co-efficient of 0.93.The data collected from the respondents was analyzed using Mean, Standard Deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistics and Linear Regression Analysis.The findings from the study revealed that the combined and overall correlation between work ethics dimensions and career progression of business educators was positively low and not significant.It was recommended among others that the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) should initiate a process to review the conditions of service with a view to infuse work ethics dimensions as part of conditions and requirements for promotion towards ensuring an all-round career progression in Nigerian colleges of education.

Keywords:Work Ethics, Interpersonal Skills, Initiatives, Career progression, Business Educators


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