ABSTRACT

The study examined Occupational Stress Management strategies as correlates of administrative Effectiveness of Secondary School Principals in Abia State’’. The study adopted a correlation design. Eight research questions were answered and eight hypotheses postulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. A sample of 400 principals was drawn from a population of 1608 principals in the public secondary schools in the three education zones in the state using Tar Yamen mathematical formula. The instruments for data collection were the researcher developed questionnaire titled: Occupational Stress Management strategies Questionnaire (MOSQ) and Administrative effectiveness of Principals Questionnaire (AEPQ). The instruments were validated by three experts, two from educational Administration and one from measurement and evaluation, all in College of Education, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State. The Cronbach Alpha statistic was used to determine the internal consistency of the instruments which yielded 0.69 and 0.74 respectively. Four research assistants helped in data collection. Pearson product moment correlation was used to answer the seven research questions raised for the study while linear regression analysis was used to test the seven null hypotheses that guided the study at 0.05level of significance. The findings showed among others that the involvement of colleagues as human resources as well as application of physical technique as an occupational stress management strategies significantly to a moderate extent relate to administrative effectiveness of secondary school principals while close staff relationship and the improved team occupational stress management strategies among others significantly to high extent related to administrative effectiveness of secondary school principals.