performance in public secondary schools in Obollo-Afor Education Zone of Enugu State. Four
research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a
correlational survey design. The population of the study was 1,854 principals and teachers in
48 secondary schools in the Zone. A sample of 605 teachers was drawn using proportionate
stratified random sampling technique. Questionnaire was used as the instrument for data
collection and was subjected to face-validation by three experts. The internal consistency of
the instrument was obtained using Cronbach Alpha, which yielded an index of 0.72. Data
collected were analyzed using regression analysis while regression ANOVA was used in testing
the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study revealed that,
open communication, carrying teachers’ along and providing for teachers’ welfare among
others are principals’ administrative strategies for enhancing teachers’ job performance in
secondary schools. The result also, revealed a high positive significant relationship existing
between principals’ administrative strategies in decision making, delegation of duties, open
communication and management of staff welfare and teachers’ job performance in secondary
schools. The study recommended among others that principals in public secondary schools
should adopt positive administrative strategies as identified in this study to promote
teachers’ job performance.
Keywords: Administrative Strategies, Teachers’ Job Performance, Decision Making, Open
Communication, Teachers Welfare
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2023-01-11
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Eze, Chidinma Esther; Eze, Val Hyginus Udoka; Ifeyinwa Ogoegbunam Ezenwaji; Nwabueze, Akachukwu I. (2023). Principals’ Administrative Strategies as Correlates of Teachers’ Job Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Obollo-Afor Education Zone of Enugu State, Nigeria. IDOSR JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 8(1): 76-87.https://doi.org/10.59298/IDOSR/2023/12.1.3896