Abstract
The study investigated the extent principals’ leadership styles predict job performance of teachers in public secondary schools in Imo State. Four research questions were answered while four hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. The study adopted a correlational research design. The population for this study comprised all the four hundred and thirty (430) vice principals in the public secondary schools spread across the six (6) educational zones in Imo State. A sample of 239 vice principals were drawn with the use of multi-stage sampling approach. Two sets of instruments titled Principals’ Leadership Styles Questionnaire (PLSQ), and Job Performance of Teachers (JPTQ) were used and duly validated. The Cronbach alpha was used to compute the reliability coefficients of the instruments as follows: Principals’ Leadership Styles Questionnaire (PLSQ) - 0.720, and Job Performance of Teachers Questionnaire (JPTQ) - 0.720. Data were analyzed using multiple and simple regression, which were used to answer the research questions, while ANOVA associated with multiple regressions and t-test associated with simple regression respectively were used to test the null hypotheses. The result of the study revealed that principals’ leadership styles jointly and significantly predicted job performance of teachers in secondary schools in Imo State. Transformational leadership style was the most potent predictor of job performance. It was recommended among others that school principals should endeavour to enroll in leadership training programmes from time to time in order to enhance their leadership quality and efficiency for improved job performance of teachers.
Highlights
The Principal has key tasks to perform in realizing the objectives of secondary education
OF THE STUDY The aim of this study is to investigate the extent principals’ leadership style predict job performance of teachers in public secondary schools in Imo State, Nigeria
Table 1b: ANOVA associated with multiple regressions on the joint prediction of principals’ leadership styles on job performance of teachers
Summary
The Principal has key tasks to perform in realizing the objectives of secondary education. Apart from creating a comfortable teaching and learning atmosphere in the school, he is to provide effective leadership and enhance job performance among the teachers. The term job performance is a multidimensional concept that has been used in organizations all over the world. It is used to describe tasks done by workers in their various organizations. Borman & Schmidt in Bullock (2013) defined job performance as the overall expected value from employees behaviours carried out over the course of a set period of time. Motowidlo et al in Bullock (2013) saw job performance as that entire worth of an employees’ conduct which he performs over a certain period of time
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