Abstract:
The study examined the effect of quality of work life on the turnover intention
of teachers at the Ghana Education Service, Nkwanta South Municipality.
Specifically, three (3) research objectives were investigated, to examine the
level of turnover intentions among teachers of the Nkwanta South Municipality;
to assess the quality of work life among teachers of the Nkwanta South
Municipality; and to analyse the effect of quality of work life on turnover
intentions among teachers of the Nkwanta South Municipality. The study
adopted the positivism philosophy thus relying on the quantitative approach and
descriptive correlational design. A structured questionnaire was used to gather
data from 280 sampled teachers within the municipality. The data was then
processed using the IBM SPSS Statistics (version 26) software. Both descriptive
(means and standard deviations) and inferential statistics (multiple regression)
were used to address objectives in the study. The study found turnover intention
was high among the teachers within the municipal assembly. The study also
found low levels of quality of work life in terms of career growth and
development, compensation and reward, social support and teachers’ welfare
among the teachers. The study finally found that quality of work life through
the elements had significant negative effect on turnover intention of teachers.
The study therefore recommended Ghana Education Service and the Ministry
of Education should make efforts to design policies encompassing programmes
that will reduce the turnover intentions of the teachers
