ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR, LEARNING PROCESS AND LEARNING OUTCOME OF PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN ETI-OSA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined the relationships amongorganisationalbehaviour, learning process and leaning outcome of public primary school pupils in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. The study sought to determine how such variables as school structure, personality of teachers, qualification of teachers, availability of technological resources, the use of instructional materials, and teacher’s teaching method affect the learning outcome of the pupils in the public primary schools. Descriptive survey research design was used to carry out the study and out of 2,447 primary six school pupils, 315 were selected using stratified random sampling technique. A researcher designed questionnaire titled “OrganisationalBehaviour, Learning Process and Learning Outcome” was used for data collection. The instrument was validated and tested for reliability and a reliability estimate of 0.80 was obtained. Data were collected by the researcher and trained research assistants. Research questions were analysed with the use of descriptive statistics of mean, percentage and frequency while inferential statistics of Pearson Product - Moment CorrelationCoefficient was used to test the research hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that the structure of the school, personality of teachers, qualification of teachers, availability of technological resources, use of instructional materials, and teacher’s teaching method all had significant relationships withlearning outcome of the primary school pupils. The findings thus revealed that organisationalbehaviour and learning process are related with the learners learning outcome. Based on the findings of the study and conclusions were herein drawn and a number of recommendations were made