Dynamics of Organizational Behaviour: A Case of Principals' Activities and Teacher Effectiveness in Secondary Schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined organizational behaviours focusing on the activities cum behavours of principals in correlation with teacher effectiveness in secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. A descriptive research of survey design was adopted for the study and the population of the study consisted of all public secondary school teachers and students while the sample of the study consisted of 720 respondents made up of 360 teachers and 360 students of the selected secondary schools using multistage sampling procedure in Ekiti State. Two instruments titled "Principal Behaviours Questionnaire” (PBQ) which was administered on teachers and "Teacher Effectiveness Questionnaire” (TEQ) which was also administered on students were used to collect data for the study. The face and content validity of the instruments were ascertained to measure the degree of accuracy and the appropriateness of the instruments likewise the reliability of the instruments was ensured using test-retest reliability method with reliability coefficients of 0.77 and 0.94 respectively. Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics, and all hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that all the variables of principals' behaviours were the dimension of teacher effectiveness in Secondary schools with recommendations that; multidimensional leadership styles that will accommodate situational and contingent factors for soft and democratic practices should be employed by the school's administrators, staff motivation and appropriate conflict management strategies should be devised.