Influence of Remuneration, Teaching Anxiety and Occupational Stress on teaching as choice of career among undergraduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Ibadan
Keywords:
Teaching Anxiety and Undergraduates, Remuneration, Occupational Stress, National Open University of Nigeria, CareerAbstract
This study investigated the influence of remuneration, teaching anxiety and occupational stress on
teaching as a choice of career among undergraduates in the National Open University of Nigeria
(NOUN), Ibadan. These factors were selected as major precursors of teaching as a career choice
among undergraduates. The study employed a descriptive survey method. A simple random
sampling technique was used to select a sample of 255 using the Taro Yamane formula from a
population of 700 respondents. Data were collected using a self-structured questionnaire. The data
retrieved from the questionnaire were analysed using mean deviation. A major finding of the study
revealed that remuneration, teaching anxiety and occupational stress do not influence the choice of
teaching as a career among undergraduates at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN),
Ibadan. The study recommended that teachers should be provided with better monetary and nonmonetary remunerations to encourage more undergraduates toward teaching as a career choice.
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