Principals’ Administrative Behaviour and Teachers' Job Performance in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Edo South Senatorial District of Edo State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between principals’ administrative behaviour and teachers' job performance in public senior secondary schools in Edo South Senatorial District of Edo State, Nigeria. The study adopted correlational design. The population of the study comprises 132 principals and 1,090 teachers in 7 public schools in Edo South senatorial district. Three research questions were raised and one hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance. The sample size of the study was 66 principals constituting 50% of the population. Three teachers per school constituting 198 teachers were purposively selected to provide data for the study. The multi stage sampling technique was adopted to select the sample for the study. "Principals' Administrative Behaviour Questionnaire (PABQ)" and Teachers' Job performance Assessment Scale (TJPAS)" were used to collect data for the study. The instruments were tested for reliability using Croubach alpha statistics which yielded 0.85 and 0.73 respectively. The data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and Pearson product moment coefficient. The findings revealed a positive level of principals' administrative behavior, while teachers' job performance was high and there was a significant relationship between principals' administrative behaviour and teachers' job performance. It was therefore recommended among others that serving principals should always be encouraged to sustain positive administrative behavior in the performance of their duties as an impetus for high teachers’ job performance in Edo state south senatorial district public schools.

Keywords: Principals’ Administrative Behaviour, Teachers’ Job Performance, Secondary Schools.