EFFECT OF PERSONNEL RECRUITMENT ON TEACHERS’ PRODUCTIVITY IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS YAOUNDE II MUNICIPALITY

Mendi Marie Rusang, Wemba Valery, Ngeh Valerie Shalanyuy

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This study sought to examine the effect of personnel recruitment on teachers’ productivity in private secondary schools in Yaounde II municipality. The objective of the study was to assess the effect of advertisement placement on teachers' productivity, to determine the extent to which job definition and clarity affect teachers' productivity, to find out the effect of application screening on teachers' productivity and to establish the effect of applicant interview on teachers' productivity. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population consisted of 180 teachers and 20 headteachers, with a sample size of 123 teachers and 19 headteachers. Both the purposive and the convenience sampling techniques were used. Questionnaires and interviews were used as data collection instruments in this study. Quantitative data were analyzed using the descriptive and inferential data analysis methods, while qualitative data were analyzed using the content analysis method. Descriptively, frequencies and percentages were used, while simple linear regression was used to test hypotheses. Findings revealed that advertisement placement has a significant effect on teachers' productivity and predicts 4.0% of variance (r= .199, p <0.01); job definition and clarity have a significant effect on teachers' productivity and predicted 43.9% of variance (r= .663, p <0.01); application screening have a significant effect on teachers' productivity and predicted 18.2% of variance (r= .427, p <0.01) and applicant interview has a significant effect on teachers' productivity and predicted 3.6% of variance (r= .620, p <0.01). Therefore, the researcher concluded that personnel recruitment has a significant effect on teachers’ productivity in private secondary schools in Yaounde II municipality. Based on these findings, we recommended, among others, that consistently advertise available teaching positions through appropriate and accessible platforms, as defined and communicated in every job advertisement.

 

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