Principals’ Procedural Justice and School Connectedness Behaviours as Correlates of Vice Principals’ Work Behaviours in Secondary Schools in Anambra State.

Abstract

The study examined principals’ organizational justice and interpersonal relationship behaviours as correlates of vice principals’ work behaviours. The purpose of the study was to examine how principals’ procedural justice and school connectedness behaviours affect vice principals’ organizational citizenship and absenteeism behaviours. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlational design. The population of the study was 532 vice principals from the 266 public secondary school in the state. The census sampling technique was used to adopt the entire population of 532 vice principals, made up of 266 Vice Principals’ Administration and 266 Vice Principals’ Academics. Three instruments were used to collect data. The instruments were submitted to three research experts in the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, for face validity. The reliability of the instruments was ascertained after administering them on 20 public secondary school vice principals in Enugu State. A Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of 0.86 was obtained. The researchers involved four research assistants for the instrument administration. A total of 532 copies of questionnaire were administered. 521 were completely filled and returned to the researchers. The simple regression analysis was used. The findings of the study showed that principals’ procedural justice behaviours yielded a moderate predictive value to vice principals’ work behaviours, while principals’ school connectedness behaviours yielded a modest predictive value to vice principals’ work behaviours. The values were shown to be significant to vice principals’ work behaviours. It was recommended that principals behave in a just and caring manner towards vice principals to enhance vice principals work behaviours in secondary schools in Anambra State.