Principals’ Intellectual Stimulation and Individualized Consideration as Correlates of Teachers’ Productivity in Public Secondary Schools in Bayelsa State

Abstract

The study is on principals’ intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration as correlates of teachers’ productivity in public secondary schools in Bayelsa State. Two research questions and two hypotheses were raised for the study. This study adopted correlational research design. The population of this study comprise all public secondary schools in Bayelsa. There are currently 179 public secondary schools in Bayelsa State made up of 179 principals and 2735 teachers in the eight (8) Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State. The sample for this study was 90 principals and 1,367 teachers in Bayelsa State public secondary schools selected from 8 Local Government Areas. This represented 50% of the population. The sampling procedure used was the stratified random sampling technique. The instruments used for the study was a self-developed questionnaire titled: Principals’ Intellectual Stimulation and Individualized Consideration Questionnaire (PISICQ) and Teachers’ Productivity Questionnaire (TPQ). The instruments was validated by researcher’s supervisor and experts to ascertain whether or not the instrument would measure what it is supposed to measure. Cronbach method was used to determine the internal consistency of 0.73 for Components of Principals’ Transformational Leadership Practices and 0.71 for Teachers’ Productivity. Pearson Product Moment Statistics was used to answer and test the research questions and hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance respectively. The findings revealed that that principals’ intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration had a strong positive significant correlate with teachers’ productivity in public secondary schools in Bayelsa State. The researcher recommended that management of secondary schools should conduct a longitudinal study over a substantial period to accurately gauge the impact of principals' intellectual stimulation on teachers' productivity.