Staff Relationship Strategies and School Effectiveness in Public Secondary Schools: Depicting Kwara State, Nigeria
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2020-10
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Published by Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Support, Durban University of Technology.
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This study examines the influence of staff relationship strategies adopted by school principals and
their effectiveness in Kwara State Public Secondary Schools (KSPSS). The study population
comprises principals and teachers from the 64 public secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis,
where 20 were selected randomly. From each of the 20 schools, ten teachers were selected
randomly using a convenience sampling method while the school principal and a vice principal in
each sampled school were purposively selected. Questionnaires were used to obtain data from
240 respondents. The descriptive statistics technique was used to answer the research question
while the hypotheses which were formulated were tested using Pearson Product-Moment
Correlation. The result shows a high level of school effectiveness in Ilorin metropolis’ public
secondary schools. Furthermore, the four hypotheses tested showed strong positive relationships
between: communication and quality leadership, shared goals and school discipline, motivation
and staff satisfaction, and career development or work balance and student academic
performance. It was concluded that public secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis are effective and
that a strong relationship exists between staff relationship strategies and school effectiveness.
The study recommends that schools should improve on their organised environment to increase
its contributions to school effectiveness.
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Staff relationship, school effectiveness, quality leadership, organised environment