SELF-EFFICACY AS A PREDICTOR OF COUNSELLORS’ JOB COMMITMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

 This study investigated self-efficacy as a predictor of counsellors’ job commitment in secondary schools in Anambra State. Three research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted the correlation survey design. The population for this study comprises of 206 Guidance Counsellors in secondary schools in Anambra State. The entire population was used as sample due to the manageable size. The instruments adopted for data collection are the self-efficacy scale (SES) and job commitment questionnaire (JIQ). The reliability of the instruments was as follows; Cronbach alpha internal consistency reliability coefficient of 0.86 for SES and for the JIQ, the coefficient of test-retest reliability obtains in an interval of 72 days is 0.90. The administration of the instruments was done through direct delivery approach. By this method, copies of the questionnaire were distributed personally to the respondents (counsellors) by the researcher with the help of 3 research assistants. Aggregate scores and regression analysis were used to analyse data for the study. The findings of the study revealed that most of the counsellors in secondary schools in Anambra state have high self-efficacy, and majority of the counsellors have high job commitment. The findings also showed that secondary school counsellors’ self-efficacy significantly predicted 12.00 percent of their job commitment. Also, counsellors’ personality traits are significant predictors of their job commitment in secondary schools in Anambra state. The study concluded that Counsellors’ self-efficacy is a significant predictor of their job commitment in secondary schools in Anambra State. It was recommended among others that incentives should be made available at all time in order to maintain counsellors’ level of job commitment.