PREDICTORS OF INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOUR AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOLTEACHERS IN OYO STATE
Keywords:
Innovative Behaviour, Organizational climate, Leadership styles and TeachersAbstract
Innovative behaviour refers to the process of developing, generating, applying or promoting new ideas by
teachers to increase job performance. Today, the rapid social and technological changes in our
environment highlight the significance of Innovative behaviour of teachers. Thus, this paper intends to
examine predictors of innovative behaviour among secondary school teachers. A descriptive research
design survey type was adopted in this study. Two research hypotheses were formulated for the study. The
population consisted of 100 teachers from secondary schools in Itesiwaju LGA Oyo State, Nigeria.
Findings were presented in form of descriptive analysis, which shows that organisational climate and
principal leadership styles play a direct role in affecting innovative behaviour. However, the findings,
recommends that government should made, improve and make the school climate conducive to teachinglearning. Emphasize the development of teaching beliefs and attitudes that support innovation and school
leaders to model innovative behaviour and provide resources and support for teachers. Encourage
collaboration and knowledge sharing among teachers by adopting democratic leadership style.
