WORK FLEXIBILITY AND TEACHERS INNOVATIVENESS IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA
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This study examined the relationship between work flexibility and teachers innovativeness of Private Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt. The study adopted a cross sectional design that solicited responses from teachers drawn from 10 selected Private Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt. Primary data was collated using structured questionnaire. The population of the study was 253. The sample size was 133 determined using the Taro Yamane sample size determination formula. The reliability of the instrument was achieved using the Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman rank Order Correlation with the aid of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 23.0. The study’s findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between work flexibility and teachers innovativeness of Private Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt. The study concluded that work flexibility bears a significantly influences teachers innovativeness of Private Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt. The study recommended that Private Secondary Schools should incorporate flexible job schedules into human resource management strategies, policies and plans to enhance innovativeness.
Keywords: Work Flexibility, Employee Innovativeness, Creative Thinking, Proactiveness
CITATION: Miebaka, T., & Hamilton, D. I. (2019). Work flexibility and teachers innovativeness in private secondary schools in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (4), 1549 – 1560.
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