INFLUENCE OF PRINCIPALS’ MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

This study examines the influence of principals’ management practices on teachers’ job performance in secondary schools in Kaduna State. To guide the study, two (2) research questions and two (2) null hypotheses were raised. Descriptive research design was used for the study with the total population of 15,135. Purposive sampling technique was used to select three hundred and seventy-eight (378) respondents. Based on the theoretical and empirical constructs of the study variables, the researcher designed a close-ended questionnaire on five-point Likert scale which was administered to the 378 selected respondents randomly. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the two (2) hypotheses postulated for the study at 0.5 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that Principals used record keeping as a viable tool for monitoring teachers’ job performance, decision-making process provided guidelines on how teachers perform their duties in secondary schools in Kaduna State.it was also revealed that Principals used record keeping as a viable tool for monitoring teachers’ job performance. The study therefore recommends that, Participatory decision-making process should be used by principals in order to have cross fertilization of ideas for efficient service delivery in secondary schools in Kaduna State . Keywords: Influence, Principal, Management, Practice, Performance