Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Commitment Among Secondary School Counsellors in Anambra State

The study was conducted to determine the relationship between job satisfaction and job commitment among secondary school Guidance Counsellors in Anambra State. Three research questions and 0ne null hypotheses guided the study. Correlational research design was adopted by the researcher. A total of 188 secondary school Guidance Counsellors formed the population of the study. The whole population of 188 Guidance Counsellors were used for the study, hence no sampling was done. The instruments used for data collection were: Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (JSQ) and Job Commitment Questionnaire (JCQ). The researcher used Cronbach alpha method to determine the reliability coefficient value of each and the values were r = 0.68 for JSQ and 0.70for JCQ. Summated scores was used for answering the research questions 1 and 2, while Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to answer research question 3, t-test of significance of relationship were used in testing of the hypothesis. The findings of the study showed among others, that secondary school Guidance Counsellors in Anambra State are satisfied and committed to their job and that significant relationship existed between job commitment of male and female Guidance Counsellor. The researcher also made some recommendations which include among others; designing counselling job in such a way that it will be more challenging and offer opportunities for counsellors to take responsibilities of their job outcomes.