THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK ENVIRONMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL COUNSELLORS IN ENUGU EDUCATION ZONE OF ENUGU STATE

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between work environment and job satisfaction among Secondary School counsellors in Enugu Education Zone of Enugu State. The research design adopted for this study was correlational design. One research question and hypothesis guided the study. The population for the study consisted of all the 59 Secondary School counsellors currently serving in the 31 Secondary School Schools in Enugu Education Zone of Enugu Zone. A researcher designed questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts, one in measurement and evaluation and the two from guidance and counselling, all from the Faculty of Education Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The reliability co-efficient of the instrument was 0.72 and 0.82 through Cronbach Alpha method. The data collected for the study were analysed using Pearson correlation analysis to answer the research question; simple linear regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis. The data analysed indicates that the relationship between work environment and job satisfaction among Secondary School counsellors is a very high positive relationship. There is a significant relationship between work environment and job satisfaction among secondary school counsellors. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others, that Government and school administrators should ensure the provision of conducive working environment to their Secondary School counsellors in terms of clear policies and procedures, security, freedom and good emotional climate.