Public Secondary Schools Principals’ Human Resource Management Practices as Correlate of Teachers Job Performance in Anambra State

Abstract

The study focused on Public Secondary school principals’ human resource management practices as correlate of teachers’ job performance in Anambra state. The study was guided by three research questions and three null hypotheses. Survey research design was used for the study. The population was five thousand and fifty-four (5,054) teachers in the 258 public secondary schools in Anambra state. A sample of six hundred and forty-three (643) teachers was drawn using simple random sampling technique. Two instruments titled Human Resource Management Practices Questionnaire (HRMPQ) and modified Annual Performance Evaluation Report (APER) rating scales for classroom teachers in Anambra state school system were used to collect data for the study. For data analysis, research questions were analyzed using Pearson r, while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using linear model regression. The result of the analysis revealed among other things that there was significant relationship between teachers’ recruitment, training, motivation and their job performance in public secondary schools, but there was no significant relationship between teachers’ disciplinary practice and their job performance in public secondary schools. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended among others that the Ministry of Education through the Secondary Education Board should adopt merit as the basis for recruitment, training and retraining of teachers. Also, principal’s report should be considered for disciplining erring teachers or rewarding teachers’ excellent performance.