PRINCIPALS’ MANAGERIAL COMPETENCES AS CORRELATE OF TEACHERS’ JOB COMMITMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE
Abstract
The study determined principals’ managerial competences as correlate of teachers’ job commitment in public secondary schools in Anambra State. The study was guided by three research questions and three null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. Correlational research design was adopted for this study. The population of the study comprised 7,027 teachers in 266 public secondary schools in Anambra State. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used to draw 703 teachersfor the study. Two sets of instruments titled ‘‘Managerial Competences Scale (MCS)” and “Teachers’ Job Commitment Scale (TJCS)” were used for data collection. The instruments were face validated by three experts of which two were from the Department of Educational Management and Policy, and one in Measurement and Evaluation Unit in the Department of Educational Foundations, all from Faculty of Education, NnamdiAzikiwe University, Awka. Cronbach alpha method was used for a test of internal consistencies of the instruments which yielded overall coefficient value of 0.81 and 0.83 for MCS and TJCS respectively. The instruments were administered by the researcher and five research assistants and 97% return rate was recorded. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to answer the research questions and t-test of correlation was used to test hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed among others that there is a strong positive correlation between principals’ motivational competence and teachers’ job commitment in public secondary schools in Anambra State. It was also found that there is a moderate positive correlation between principals’ supervisory competence and teachers’ job commitment in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Also, there is no significant relationship between principals’ communication competence and teachers’ job commitment in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Post Primary School Service Commission should pay periodic visits to schools to monitor and offer suggestions to improve supervisory skills of principals to bring improvement on the job commitment of teachers.
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