RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PRINCIPALS’ COMMUNICATION STYLES AND ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The need for administrative effectiveness in secondary school systems in Anambra State to ensure quality 
and prompt delivery of educational services cannot be over-emphasized. This prompted the researchers to 
determine the relationship between principals’ communication styles and administrative effectiveness in 
public secondary schools in Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses 
were tested at. 05 level of significance. Correlation research design was adopted for the study. The 
population was 5,214 participants comprising 264 principals and 4,950 teachers in public secondary 
schools in Anambra State. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used to draw the 
sample for study. Structured questionnaires were used for data collection. The instruments were face and 
construct validated. The researcher administered 285 copies of the instruments were administered to the 
respondents with the help of two research assistants using direct method and retrieval and 280 copies were 
retrieved. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient while the p-value 
was used to determine the significance of relationship at 0.05 significant levels for all hypotheses. The 
results among others revealed that principals agreed that there is very high positive relationship between 
result-driven communication style and administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in 
Anambra. Accordingly, it was recommended among others that efforts should be made to encourage 
principals to adopt result-driven communication style so as to improve on their administrative 
effectiveness.