HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AS PREDICTORS OF BUSINESS STUDIES TEACHERS’ AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT IN EDO STATE

Abstract

The study has investigated the relationship between human resource management practices and business studies teachers’ affective commitment. The main purpose of the study was to establish how human resource management practices (e.g. recruitment and selection, training and development and reward) predict business studies teachers’ affective commitment in Edo State. Three research questions were raised with three corresponding hypotheses which were tested at .05 level of significance. The correlation survey design was adopted in the study. A total of 153 business studies teachers were sampled out of the 309 teachers in Edo State. The HRM and commitment scales were adapted and used for the study. It was validated by two experts in business education. The Cronbach Alpha was used in establishing the reliability for both scales and they yielded: HRM = .81 and Commitment = .88. The instrument was distributed via google form to respondents. The simple linear regression analysis was used in analyzing the data. The findings revealed that recruitment and selection, training and development and reward significantly predicted business studies teachers’ affective commitment in Edo State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the recruitment and selection process should be fair in order to attract the most qualified teachers who have passion for teaching. This finding makes a novel contribution to the literature in HRM and business education by utilizing social exchange theory (SET) in explaining the reciprocal benefits in employer – employees’ relationship in the teaching sub-sector in Edo State.