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Transformational Leadership Practices Adopted by Principals for Teachers’ Job Performance in Secondary Schools in Awka Education Zone

Author Name : Okafor, Janefrances Onyeka, Egboka, Patience Ndidi

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the transformational leadership practices adopted by principals for teachers’ job performance in secondary schools in Awka Education Zone, Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 1,772 respondents made up of 61 principals and 1,711 teachers in the 61 public secondary schools in Anambra State. The sample for the study was 562 respondents made of 49 principals and 513 teachers drawn from the total population using stratified proportionate sampling technique. A researcher-developed questionnaire titled ‘‘Transformational Leadership Practices Questionnaire’’ was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts who were lecturers in the Faculty of Education, NnamdiAzikiwe University. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha and it yielded reliability co-efficients of 0.77 and 0.79 for clusters I and II respectively and the overall coefficient of the entire instrument was 0.78. The researchers together with four research assistants collected data for the study. A 96% return rate of the instrument administered was recorded. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed among others that the intellectual stimulation practices adopted by principals for teachers’ job performance in secondary schools in Awka Education Zone, Anambra State include; involving teachers in the solution to a variety of problems in school, encourage the spirit of creativity in teachers, create strong sense of purpose among teachers, express confidence in teachers’ abilities and encourage staff to be innovative in the delivery of assigned tasks. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that All Nigerian Conferences of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) should see the urgent need to train principals through workshops, seminars or symposia on a regular basis to update their knowledge application of transformational leadership practices.

Keywords: Transformational Leadership Principals, Teachers, Job Performance, Secondary Schools