PRINCIPALS’ MANAGERIAL COMPETENCIES AS CORRELATES OF TEACHERS’ JOB COMMITMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE.
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This study investigated principals’ managerial competencies as correlates of teachers’ job commitment in public secondary schools in Anambra State. The study adopted correlational research design. The population of the study comprised 4,947 teachers in the 263 public secondary schools in the six education zone in Anambra State. The sample size for the study consisted of 495 teachers’ drawn from the entire population. The proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used to draw the sample size of 10% of the teachers. The instruments for data collection were researcher-structured questionnaire titled: Principal’s Managerial Competencies (PMCQ) and Teachers Job Commitment (TJCQ). The first instrument has two sections ‘A-B.’ Section A was for respondents’ demographic variables, while the Section B has two Clusters ‘A-B.’ Cluster ‘A’ elicits information on principals’ instructional leadership competency with 10-item statements; Cluster ‘B’ elicits information on principals’ personnel management competency with 10-item statements. The second instrument titled: Teachers’ Job Commitment (TJCQ) contained 20 items which elicited information on teachers’ Job Commitment. The instruments were structured on a four-point rating scale of Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D), and Strongly Disagree (SD). The validity of the instruments were established by three experts from Faculty of Education, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Igbariam Campus. The instruments were trial- tested on a sample representative of 20 schools in Enugu State. The data obtained from PMCQ and TJCQ were subjected to Cronbach Alpha statistical method which gave Alpha Co- efficient value of 0.76 for instructional leadership; 0.82 for personnel management competency and 0.76 for teachers’ job commitment. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and simple regression analysis. The findings of the study revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between principals’ instructional leadership and teachers’ job commitment in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Based on the findings, the study recommended that public secondary school principals should actively engage with their teaching staff, provide regular feedback, and create opportunities for open communication so as to improve the quality of education in their various schools.
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