Principals’ Motivational Strategies and Teachers Work Attitude in Regular and Special Secondary Schools in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State

Abstract

This study investigates principals’ motivational strategies and teachers work attitude in regular and special secondary schools in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. Correlational research design was used for the study. Five research questions and five null hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study consisted of 1,297 teachers in the area. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 250 respondents for the study. A self-designed questionnaire titled: ‘Principals Motivational Strategies Questionnaire’’ (PMSQ) and ‘’Work Attitude Questionnaire’’ (WAQ) were used for data collection. Face and content validation were done by experts in Measurement and Evaluation. The reliability coefficient for (PMSQ) and (WAQ) were r=0.88 and r=0.88. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to answer the research questions and test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that there was a high positive relationship between praised and commendation by principals, incentives by principals, teachers’ involvement in decision making, teachers’ recommendations into committees, effective principals/teacher relationship and teachers work attitude in regular and special secondary schools in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. And that there was significant relationship between praised and commendation by principals, incentives by principals, teachers’ involvement in decision making, teachers’ recommendations into committees, effective principals/teacher relationship and teachers work attitude in regular and special secondary schools in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was recommended among others that; principals’ should intensify the use of praise and commendation techniques to enable the teachers’ feel they are well appreciated which in turn enhance positive work attitude of the teachers.