Evaluation of Interactive Behaviour of Private School Administrators: Determining Entrepreneurship for the Millennium
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2005-06-12
Authors
Onyene, V. E.
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Department of Educational Administration, University of Lagos
Abstract
The human dimension to school administration is receiving pre-eminent consideration in recent times, especially with increasing investment interests in this crucial area by modern male and female administrators. Moreover, private initiatives have also been acknowledged as the most effective process for shedding the load of educational provision. This study examines relational behaviour of forty-four private school managers operating within Lagos metropolis. The aim of the study is to analyse the correlates of head-teachers' initiative behaviour as they go about their administrative staffing function in these cost-intensive investment entities called private schools. Data was collected from those forty-four private school administrators from Mainland and Shomolu local councils of Lagos State. The major findings revealed among others that most head-teachers still have problems of 'relating' with their staff. For example the check-list shows a range statistic of only two of ten variables depicting consistently exhibited behaviour above fifty per cent (a little above average). Again, while some subordinates interacted freely with head-teachers who share their personal problems more our-going and officially blunt, there still exist critical cases where most head-teachers are inconsistent in their "sharing, vulnerability and openness" behaviour. Although, human or interpersonal skills of school administrators are most essential to the attainment of both internal efficiency and goal attainment motives, oral interview shows that some of them are unfortunately lacking in such areas.
Description
Scholarly Publication
Keywords
Citation
Onyene, V. E. (2005). Evaluation of interactive behaviour of private school administrators: Determining entrepreneurship for the millennium. Journal of Advance Research in Education, 4(1), 37–47.