PRINCIPALS’ INSPIRATIONAL MOTIVATION LEADERSHIP AS A PREDICTOR OF TEACHERS’ JOB INVOLVEMENT IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated principals’ inspirational leadership style as a predictor of teachers’ job involvement in secondary schools in South-Eastern region of Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to determine the predictive value of principals’ inspirational motivation leadership style on teachers’ job involvement. One research question guided the study and one null hypothesis were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 28,434 secondary school teachers in 1,248 public secondary schools in South-East, Nigeria while the sample size was 1,298 teachers from public secondary schools in South East of Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used to select three states out of the five states in southeastern states in Nigeria and proportionate random sampling technique was used to select 10% of the population from the states involved. Two instruments titled: Principals’ Inspirational motivation Leadership Style Descriptive Questionnaire (PIMLSDQ), and Teachers’ Job Involvement Descriptive Questionnaire (TJIDQ) were used for data collection. The instruments were duly subjected to face and content validity. Data collected were subjected to Cronbach Alpha measure of internal consistency determination which yielded .76, and .96. The researcher visited the schools to administer and collect copies of questionnaire with the help of six research assistants who were students of College of Post Graduate Studies in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, and secondary school teachers from the states selected. Regression analysis was used in analyzing data relating to research questions and testing hypotheses. Findings of the study showed that principals’ Inspirational motivation has moderate predictive value on teachers’ job involvement. Based on the findings, it was recommended that school administrators should give teachers opportunity and support for professional growth and development as well through in-service training.