Management Of Principals’ Social Skills As Correlates Of Effective School Organization In Public Secondary Schools In Enugu State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the relationship between management of principals’ social skills and effective school organization in public secondary school in Enugu State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were answered and tested. The study adopted a correlation research with a population of 295 principals from 295 public secondary schools in Enugu State, Nigeria. The sample size of the study is 236 principals representing 80% of the population drawn from 236 schools. The simple random sampling technique was used to arrive at the sample. Two instruments titled Management of Principals’ Social Skills Scale (MPSSS) and Effective School Organization Scale (ESOS) were used for data collection. The instruments were validated using confirmatory factor analysis. Internal consistency reliability coefficients of 0.76 and 0.71 were computed for MPSSS and ESOS respectively through Cronbach alpha. Simple regression was used to answer the research questions while t-test associated with simple regression was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that principals’ conflict resolution, an interpersonal skills management are significant predictors of effective school administration. The researchers recommended that principals should develop self control in relating with other staff. Principals’ should develop positive self relationship through the understanding their relationship strength and weakness. Finally, the principals’ should have a positive interpersonal relationship with members of staff giving room for social activities one’s in a week.