Abstract: This study examined the effects of teachers' age, gender, marital status and teaching experiences on work motivation in public secondary schools across Edo State of Nigeria. The study employed a descriptive correlation research design for the purpose of investigation. A multi-stage sampling technique comprising stratified, random and purposive sampling was used to select the sample of 520 teachers from 31 public senior secondary schools in the three Senatorial Districts of Edo State. Teachers' Job Motivation Questionnaires (TJMQ) on a five-point rating scale, was used to elicit information on teachers' demographic variables and indices of motivations............
Keywords: Teachers' work motivation, public secondary schools, Edo state, Nigeria
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