Assessment of the Effect of Transactional Psychological Contract on Turnover Intention of Primary School Teachers in Ajingi and Tarauni Local Government Education Authorities of Kano State

Abstract

The study assessed the effect of psychological contract on turnover intention among primary school  teachers in Ajingi and Tarauni LGEAs of Kano State. The study aimed at examining the effect of  transactional psychological contract on turnover intention of primary school teachers in Ajingi and  Tarauni LGEAs of Kano State. Data for the study were generated from primary and secondary  sources. The instrument of the primary data collection used was questionnaire while secondary  sources made use of reports, gazettes, research theses and dissertations. Data were analysed using  descriptive and inferential statistical tools. Questionnaires were distributed on a sample of 322  respondents selected from 2,080 population of the study through a Cluster and simple random  sampling techniques to test the hypothesis i.e. transactional psychological contract has no significant  effect on turnover intention among primary school teachers in Ajingi and Tarauni LGEAs of Kano  State. Partial Least Squares (PLS) path modeling using the smartPLS3 statistical software revealed  that, transactional psychological contract has a significant negative effect on turnover intention  among primary school teachers in Ajingi and Tarauni LGEAs of Kano State. It was recommended  among other things that, Kano State government should give priority to fulfillment of primary school  teachers’ transactional psychological contract through provision of stable wages and equate primary  school teachers with the other workers in the State in terms of annual increment and general salary  review in the State.