Principal Motivational Strategies and Teachers’ Job Performances

This study examined relationship between principal motivational strategies and teachers’ job performances in junior secondary school in the FCT, Abuja. The study was guided by four research questions and four hypotheses. The correlational survey design was employed for the study. Population of the study comprised of five thousand, five hundred and ninety-six (5,596) teachers in the one hundred and sixty-one (161) public junior secondary schools in the six Area Councils that made up the FCT, Abuja. Sample size for the study was three hundred and sixty (360) teachers. Data of the study were collected using principal motivation strategies scale and teachers’ job performance scale. Data obtained were analyzed using the descriptive statistics, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (r) through the MS Excel and the SPSS. It was revealed that principals’ motivational strategies and teachers’ job performance in junior secondary schools across the Area Councils in the FCT, Abuja are impressive; and there is significant relationship principals’ motivational strategies and teachers’ job performance in junior secondary schools, among others. Based on the findings, it was recommended that leadership training programms dedicated to effective motivational strategies should be organized for principals, teachers’ development programmes should be given priority, curriculum planners should work with policymakers to reduce bureaucratic constraints that hinder teachers’ effectiveness, and supportive school climate should be fostered through encouragement of teachers to collaborate with one another.