Open AccessInfluence of Principal and Parental Relationships on Teachers’ Job Performance in Senior Secondary Schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria.
Author(s) -
Hazlinda Hassan,
AUTHOR_ID,
B. I. Bambi,
Hasmin Bakari Bakari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in multidisciplinary and scientific research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2488-8699
DOI - 10.22624/aims/abmic2021-v2-p12
Subject(s) - simple random sample , stratified sampling , principal (computer security) , sample (material) , psychology , research design , population , data collection , test (biology) , multistage sampling , mathematics education , medical education , mathematics , sociology , statistics , demography , medicine , biology , paleontology , chemistry , chromatography , computer science , operating system
This study investigated the influence of principal and parental relationships on teacher’s job performance in senior secondary schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Three research questions and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted an ex post facto research design. The population of the study was 5,458 school personnel in the senior secondary schools in Adamawa state, which were made up of 337 principals and 5,121 teaching staff as distributed over the five education zones of Adamawa state, Nigeria. The sample of the study was 374 school personnel (340 teachers and 34 principals). This was arrived at using the Taro Yamane formula. The sample was determined through multistage sampling technique that comprised of stratified random sampling and simple random sampling techniques. Influence of Principal and Parental Relationship on Teachers’ Job Performance Questionnaire (IPPRTJPQ) was used for the collection of data. The data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, Z-test for testing the hypotheses. The research question findings indicated that teachers were found to relate to a high extent with principals in senior secondary schools in Adamawa state. Also, that the relationship between teachers and parents is to a moderate extent in senior secondary schools in Adamawa state. The hypotheses findings also revealed that there is a significant influence of teacher – principal relationship on teacher’s job performance with (p = 0.000 < 0.05); and also that there is a significant influence of teacher – parent relationship on teacher’s job performance in senior secondary schools in Adamawa State with (p = 0.000 < 0.05). Based on the findings; it was concluded that teachers’ relationship with principals and parents significantly influence their job performance in senior secondary schools in Adamawa state, Nigeria. The study recommended that principals and teachers in senior secondary schools need to relate positively amongst themselves irrespective of their demographic differences which can help to improve their teaching performance either on a personal or professional level. Keywords: Teacher-Principal Relationship; Teacher-Parent Relationship; Teachers’ Job Performance; Senior Secondary School; Adamawa State