PRINCIPALS’ QUALITY OF WORKLIFE AS CORRELATES OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined principals’ quality of worklife as correlates of their administrative effectiveness in secondary schools in South-East Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study while three null hypotheses were formulated. The correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted all the 1,015 public secondary school principals in South East Nigeria. The sample size consisted 751 principals selected using the purposive sampling technique. The instrument for data collected was a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire is divided into two parts: the first part is titled “Walton's Quality of Work Life questionnaire (WQWLQ) (Adapted)” and the second part is titled “Principals’ Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (PAEQ)”. The instrument was validated by three experts, two from the Department of Educational Management and Policy and one expert from the Department of Educational Foundation. The data collected were analyzed using Cronbach Alpha Coefficient Alpha to measure the internal consistency of the instrument and an overall reliability coefficient value of 0.81 was obtained for the three clusters of WQWLQ. Also, a coefficient value of 0.82 was obtained for PAEQ. Pearson product moment correlation was used to answer research questions while linear regression was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The finding revealed that there is a strong positive and significant relationship between principals’ professional development, principals’ job security and their administrative effectiveness in secondary schools in South East Nigeria. It was also found that there is a weak positive and non-significant relationship between principals’ reward system and their administrative effectiveness in secondary schools in South East Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended that Ministry of Education and State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) institute regular and mandatory in-service training, workshops, and leadership development programs for principals.