Principals’ Administrative Strategies and Teachers Job Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Anambra State, Nigeria
Faith Ogechukwu Okoye *
Department of Educational Management and Policy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Constance Adannaya Ogwurumba
Department of Educational Management and Policy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study investigated principals’ administrative strategies and teachers job performance in public secondary schools in Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population of the study comprised 1002 public secondary school teachers from 10 schools in the study area. In this study, 120 respondents were sampled using multi-stage sampling procedure which involved simple random and accidental sampling techniques. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The instrument was a 23 item questionnaire validated with reliability index of 0.88 using Cronbach Alpha. Data obtained were analyzed through mean and t-test statistics of 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that principals administrative and communication strategies enhance teachers job performance. Gender of teachers has no significant effect on the administrative strategies adopted by principals. The study recommended among others that principals should eschew aggressive communication strategies which impinge on adequate secondary education administration and teachers job performance.
Keywords: Administrative strategies, teachers job performance, principals, secondary schools
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