PRINCIPALS` DECISION-MAKING STRATEGIES AND TEACHERS PRODUCTIVITY IN DELTA STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, NIGERIA
Main Article Content
Abstract
This study focuses on principals’ decision making strategies and teachers’ productivity I public secondary schools in Delta State, Nigeria. A descriptive research survey was used in this study. All principals and teachers of secondary schools in Delta State, Nigeria participated in the study. A sample of 60 principals and 900 teachers was selected. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided this study. Data were collected using the Principals Decision Making and Teachers Productivity Questionnaire(PDMTPQ). The scale was validated by two experts. Reliability co-efficient of 0.82 was obtained using the Cronbach alpha reliability. The mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and the benchmark for acceptance level was 2.50. Hypotheses were tested using the Z-test with a significance level of 0.05. The results show that principals involve teachers in decision-making in secondary schools, and that principals' decision-making processes influence teachers’ productivity. It was recommended among others that teachers need to be more involved in the decision-making process, and administrators should ensure that implementation stages are followed accordingly as agreed by the stakeholders involved in making the decision.
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
Asiyai, R.I. (2015) improving Quality Higher Education in Nigeria. The Role of Stakeholders International Journal of Higher Education. 4 91) 61-70
Ayeni A.J. (2018) Principals decision making strategies and teachers’ productivity in secondary schools in Ondo central senatorial district of Ondo State, Nigeria. Global Journal of Management and Business Research. As administration and management 18 (10) 18-30
Blaise J. (2012). Principal institutional leadership and teachers development: teachers perspective. Journal of Educational Administration Quality 21 (2) 44-50
Cheng, C.K. (2008). The effect of shared decision making on the improvement in teachers job development. New Horizons in Education, 56 (3) 31-46.
Duze, C.O. (2011). Students and teachers’ participation in decision making and impact on school works and school internal discipline in Nigeria international multi-disciplinary journal 5 (2) 200-214
Federal Republic of Nigeria (2013). National Policy on Education. Lagos: NERDC press
Gemechu, D. (2014). The practices of teachers’ involvement in Decision making in government secondary school in Jimma, Ethiopia. Unpublished M.Ed. Thesis. Department of Education Planning and management , institute of Educational professional Development Studies. Jimma University. Available Online at https//core.ac.uk/download/pdf/29136341/.pdf assesse on January 3 2023
Glueck, W.P. (2006) Decision-making organization choice personnel psychology, 27 (1) 77-79.
Lisa, S. (2019) Today’s percent involvement in volunteering and Decision making. Journal of Mckingst Elementary school. 33 (6) 12-23.
Muslins, L.J (2004). Management and organizational behavior. 7th edition. New deihi: prentice Hall
Oduro, G.K. (2004) Distributional leadership in schools: what English head teachers say about the ‘pull and ’push’ factor? British educational Research Association Annual Conference, University of Manchester 16-18
Ovweghe, Y.M (2004). The theory and practice of Educational administration and planning in Nigeria Benin city: Justice-Jeco press and publishers limited
Tijani A.A. (2020) Teachers’ involvement in decision making and job performance in secondary schools in Kwara state, Nigeria. SOSOHVMANIKA: Journal pendidikan sains social dan kemanusian 13 (1) 1-12.
Usman, U.D. (2016) Educational Resources: An integral component for Effectives school administration in Nigeria research on Humanities and social sciences 16 (13) 27-37