EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND TEACHERS PERFORMANCE IN SELECT SECONDARY SCHOOL IN UYO

ABSTRACT This study examined employee relations and teacher’s performance in select secondary schools in Uyo. The objection of the study were to ascertain the extent to which employee relation has influenced job performance of teachers in select secondary schools in Uyo, determine the tools of employee relations used by management of secondary schools in Uyo; assess employees perception of employee relation tools as they affect job performance of teachers in select secondary schools in Uyo and examine the relationship between communication styles used by management and teachers performance in select secondary schools in Uyo. The research design adopted for the study was survey, with questionnaire and interview as instrument of collecting data. The population of the study comprised teachers in Uyo Local Government Area. Whichaccording toState Secondary Education Board is 10, 092. A sample size of 370 was determined using Philip Meyer’s sample size determination formular. The study which was anchored on theory Z and system theory revealed that majority of respondent (49%) agreed that the extent to whichemployee relations influence job performance of teachers was to some extent. Furthermore, findings revealed that majority of respondents (74.5%) perceived employee relations tools as they affect job performance of teachers in secondary schools to be unsatisfactory. Also, finding shows that majority of respondents (79%) agreed that there is a positive relationship between communication style and teachers job performance. The study conclude that poor employee relations can have adverse effect on teacher’s job performanceespecially in a post Covid 19 era. It was recommended that management of secondary schools should provide some feedback mechanism to encourage suggestion, feedback and promote efficient and effective employee relations in their schools in order to improve on teacher’s job performance among other recommendations.