PRINCIPALS’ CRISIS MANAGEMENT MEASURES AND ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE AS CORRELATES OF TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated crisis management measures and organizational resilience as correlates of teachers' job performance in public secondary schools in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. A correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 4,146 teachers in the 226 public secondary schools in Ebonyi State. A sample of 415 teachers was drawn from 45 schools using a cluster sampling technique. Three sets of instruments titled 'Crisis Management Measures Questionnaire (CMMQ)', ‘Organizational Resilience Scale (ORS)’ and ‘Teachers' Job Performance Questionnaire (TJPQ)’ were used for data collection. The instruments were validated by three experts, two from the Department of Educational Management and Policy, and one from the Department of Educational Foundations, Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Cronbach's alpha was used to determine the reliability of the instruments, which yielded reliability coefficients of 0.82, 0.81, and 0.84 for CMMQ, ORS, and TJPQ, respectively. The researchers, together with three research assistants, collected data for the study using the direct approach method, and a 98% return was recorded. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to answer the research questions and test hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed there is a strong and significant relationship between principals' crisis management measures and teachers' job performance in public secondary schools in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It was also found that there is a strong and significant relationship between organizational resilience and teachers' job performance in public secondary schools in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended, among others, that the Ebonyi State Secondary Education Board should organize annual training programmes for principals to continuously improve their organizational resilience, thereby creating a healthy work environment that supports teachers' job performance.