1. ANTECEDENTS TO EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN NIGERIA.
Research aim: To explore the antecedents to the development of employee engagement among senior secondary school teachers in Nigeria.
OLUWOLE A. SHOKUNBI
GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
AFAM 3RD BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
5 – 10 JANUARY 2016

2. PRESENTATION SUMMARY RESEARCH CONTEXT INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
METHODS
FINDINGS
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS

3. RESEARCH CONTEXT LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA PUBLIC EDUCATION SECTOR
PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYED TEACHERS

4. INTRODUCTION popular concept Practitioner dominated
Demonstrated organisational benefits
Western centric concept
Hypotheses testing studies
Limited theory building studies
Engaged workforce.

5. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
Expand academic literature on employee engagement
Qualitative identification and comprehension of EE and its antecedents in a non- western context
Compare results with those of other studies focusing on employee engagement.
Develop a strategic plan for engagement in the education sector.

6. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Need satisfying approach (Kahn, 1990)
Meaningfulness
Safety
Availability

7. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK CONTD.
MEANINGINGFULNESS
JOB CHALLENGE
AUTONOMY
VARIETY
FEEDBACK
JOB FIT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
REWARDS AND RECOGNITION
SAFETY
SOCIAL SUPPORT
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER
LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE
WORKPLACE CLIMATE
ORGANISATIONAL JUSTICE
JOB SECURITY
AVAILABILITY
ROLE OVERLOAD
WORK-ROLE CONFLICT
FAMILY=WORK CONFLICT
RESOURCE INADEQUACIES
TIME URGENCY
OFF-WORK RECOVERY
DISPOSITIONS
PERSONAL RESOURCES
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

8. METHODS Research philosophy – Intrepretivist
Research approach – Induction
Methodological choice – Single-method Qualitative
Research strategy – Case study research
Data collection: audio-taped Semi-structured Interviews
Data analysis :thematic analysis technique (Braun and Clarke, 2006)

9. FINDINGS PASSION FOR THE JOB AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS FOR THE JOB
WORK ENVIRONMENT
RELATIONSHIP AND SUPPORT BETWEEN EMPLOYEES
TRAINING AND RETRAINING, AND
PAY

10. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
Antecedents of employee engagement are similar but different in level of importance between the western and the non-western context
Antecedents are key to building engagement
Take note of peculiar needs of teachers and address them
Public administrators and practitioners need to formulate and implement engagement strategies
Academics and practitioners need to do more in understanding engagement and its relationship with the culture of the research context

11. REFERENCES
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Kahn, W. A. (1990). Psychological conditions of personal engagement and disengagement at work. Academy of management journal, 33(4),

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Shuck, B. (2011).Four emerging perspectives of employee engagement: An integrative literature review. Human Resource Development Review, 20(10), 1-25

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