Assessing the Impact of Ethical School Leadership on Teachers’ Job Commitment and Goals Attainment in Public Secondary Schools
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| Titel: | Assessing the Impact of Ethical School Leadership on Teachers’ Job Commitment and Goals Attainment in Public Secondary Schools |
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| Autoren: | Obona, Edut Egbe, Rachael, Nkadilim Iyiegbuniwe, Nebo , Chizoba Nwanneamaka |
| Quelle: | Kashere Journal of Education; Vol. 8 No. 1 (2025); 287-299 |
| Verlagsinformationen: | Faculty of Education, Federal University of Kashere, 2025. |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2025 |
| Schlagwörter: | Goals Attainment, Job Commitment, Ethical, Teachers, School Leadership |
| Beschreibung: | Schools, like all organizations, are established to attain specific goals. Effective leadership remains a crucial tool for realizing set goals in the educational system. In the realm of public secondary schools, the significance of ethical school leadership cannot be overstated in the pursuit of goals attainment. This study assessed the impact of ethical school leadership on teachers’ job commitment and goals attainment in public secondary schools. Two research questions and two corresponding hypotheses guided the study. A correlational research design was adopted. The population of the study was 354 teachers in 21 public secondary schools in Ikom Local Government Area. purposive sampling technique was adopted in selecting 172 teachers (86 males and 86 females) as sample from all the secondary schools for the study. Data were collected using a researcher-designed 24-item questionnaire titled Ethical School Leadership,” “Teachers’ Job Commitment,” and “Goals Attainment.” Questionnaire (ESLTJCGAQ). The questionnaires were structured on a four-point modified Likert scale of Strongly Agree (SA). The instrument was divided into two sections: Section A captured demographic information, while Section B focused on ethical school leadership and its impact on teachers’ commitment and goal attainment. Its content validity was reviewed and approved by experts in Educational Management and Measurement and Evaluation at the University of Calabar. Reliability was done through a pilot test involving 50 teachers outside the study area, using the Cronbach Alpha method, which produced reliability indices between .87 - .90. Descriptive statistics and Simple Linear Regression Analysis were employed to answer the research questions, while the hypotheses were tested using ANOVA and the regression coefficients at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that ethical school leadership has a statistically significant impact on teachers’ job commitment and goal attainment in public secondary schools in Ikom Local Government Area. The study concluded that the practice of ethical leadership by school principals plays a crucial role in fostering a committed teaching workforce and enhancing the achievement of institutional goals. Principals who exhibit ethical values such as fairness, transparency, respect, and accountability create a positive school climate that motivates teachers to remain dedicated to their duties and align their efforts with the broader objectives of the school. Based on these findings, it was recommended that school principals should be regularly trained and retrained on ethical leadership principles such as fairness, integrity, accountability, and respect for subordinates. This will enable them to lead by example, foster positive work relationships, and enhance teachers' job commitment |
| Publikationsart: | Article |
| Dateibeschreibung: | application/pdf |
| Sprache: | English |
| ISSN: | 2756-6021 2756-6013 |
| Zugangs-URL: | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/kje/article/view/301142 |
| Rights: | CC BY |
| Dokumentencode: | edsair.78975075580c..da13ded024ab2184db06a91c1e2907b5 |
| Datenbank: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Schools, like all organizations, are established to attain specific goals. Effective leadership remains a crucial tool for realizing set goals in the educational system. In the realm of public secondary schools, the significance of ethical school leadership cannot be overstated in the pursuit of goals attainment. This study assessed the impact of ethical school leadership on teachers’ job commitment and goals attainment in public secondary schools. Two research questions and two corresponding hypotheses guided the study. A correlational research design was adopted. The population of the study was 354 teachers in 21 public secondary schools in Ikom Local Government Area. purposive sampling technique was adopted in selecting 172 teachers (86 males and 86 females) as sample from all the secondary schools for the study. Data were collected using a researcher-designed 24-item questionnaire titled Ethical School Leadership,” “Teachers’ Job Commitment,” and “Goals Attainment.” Questionnaire (ESLTJCGAQ). The questionnaires were structured on a four-point modified Likert scale of Strongly Agree (SA). The instrument was divided into two sections: Section A captured demographic information, while Section B focused on ethical school leadership and its impact on teachers’ commitment and goal attainment. Its content validity was reviewed and approved by experts in Educational Management and Measurement and Evaluation at the University of Calabar. Reliability was done through a pilot test involving 50 teachers outside the study area, using the Cronbach Alpha method, which produced reliability indices between .87 - .90. Descriptive statistics and Simple Linear Regression Analysis were employed to answer the research questions, while the hypotheses were tested using ANOVA and the regression coefficients at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that ethical school leadership has a statistically significant impact on teachers’ job commitment and goal attainment in public secondary schools in Ikom Local Government Area. The study concluded that the practice of ethical leadership by school principals plays a crucial role in fostering a committed teaching workforce and enhancing the achievement of institutional goals. Principals who exhibit ethical values such as fairness, transparency, respect, and accountability create a positive school climate that motivates teachers to remain dedicated to their duties and align their efforts with the broader objectives of the school. Based on these findings, it was recommended that school principals should be regularly trained and retrained on ethical leadership principles such as fairness, integrity, accountability, and respect for subordinates. This will enable them to lead by example, foster positive work relationships, and enhance teachers' job commitment |
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| ISSN: | 27566021 27566013 |