Effects of Organisational Climate and Health on Teachers’ Organisational Citizenship Behaviour

This study tested whether contextual factors of organisational climate and organisational health would significantly count in teachers’ organisational citizenship behaviour. Two hundred and seven (207) teachers randomly sampled from secondary schools in an education zone in Ogun State, Nigeria participated in the study. Measures included Organisational Citizenship Behaviour Scale (Settoon & Mossholder, 2002), Organisational Climate Descriptive Questionnaire (Hoy et al., 1991) and Organisational Health Inventory (Hoy et al., 1991). Analysis was done using the Multiple Regression Analysis with results tested for significance at the .05 level. Results revealed that organisational climate significantly accounted for 19.2% of the variance in the overall organisational citizenship behaviour with supportive behaviour as potent factors. Organisational health significantly predicted 29.3% of the variance in the overall organisational citizenship behaviour. It was concluded that organisational climate and organisational health would significantly predict individual-based, organisation-based and total organisational citizenship behaviour. Implications of the findings and recommendations for research and practice were made. Keywords: Organisational Citizenship Behaviour, Organisational Climate, Organisational Health, Teacher

Enforcement of Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Regulations

By now most people are aware of the fact that the federal government, through the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, invited itself to become a party to the business of mining coal. A mining disaster near Farmington, West Virginia, in 1968, causing the death of seventy-eight miners, was the prime mover for the enactment of this legislation. The Act was labeled by one of its authors as not only one of the most important pieces of legislation of this or any other Congress it is one of the most complex pieces of legislation ever enacted. For all this projected complexity, the law has produced a surprisingly small amount of legal issues for resolution by the federal courts. In addition, the administrative tribunal, the Office of Hearings and Appeals, Department of the Interior,3 while having an abundant caseload involving factual disputes, has been rather in frequently called upon to decide issues of law. The purpose of this article is to acquaint the reader, very generally, with the primary health and safety enforcement tools available to the agency, the review mechanism available to aggrieved coal mine operators or miners, and highlights of the litigation that has been generated