Change management strategies and teachers’ job effectiveness in secondary schools in Shomolu Local Government Area of Lagos State

Abstract

The study examined the influence of change management strategies on secondary school teachers’ job effectiveness in Shomolu Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. The change management strategies covered in the study were job redesign, teaming, and supervision. The descriptive survey research design was used for the study. Three research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The sample size consisted of 240 secondary school teachers drawn from 16 secondary schools in the study area. A set of researchers-designed questionnaire titled “Change Management Strategies and Teachers’ Job Effectiveness Questionnaire (CMSTEQ)” was used for data collection. The reliability of the instrument was estimated through a pilot study with 0.901 reliability coefficient obtained. Data collected for the study were analysed electronically using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software both descriptively and inferentially. The descriptive processing used frequency counts and percentages to answer research questions while the inferential aspects used in the test of hypotheses were based on Chi square statistical tool. The results of analysis showed that each of the selected change management strategies had a significant influence on teachers’ job effectiveness – Job Redesign: χ² (9, N = 240) = 116.01, p < 0.05; Teaming: χ² (9, N = 240) = 191.46, p < 0.05; and Supervision: χ² (9, N = 240) = 154.05, p < 0.05. It was recommended that school administrators should re-plan teachers’ tasks, build teacher teams, and pay more attention to supervision to enable the schools adjust effectively to the demands of changes in the school system.

Keywords: Change, management, Job redesign, teaming, and supervision