Dr Emeka Samuel Nnaji & Chioma Precious Unamba
Abstract
The study examined the relationship between novel personnel management practices and teachers’ job performance in secondary schools in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria. The study adopted correlational research design. The population of the study comprised all 46 principals and 2,700 teachers in the 46 public secondary schools in the zone, totaling 2,746. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select a sample of 600 comprising of the 46 principals and 540 teachers for this study. Two instruments titled “Novel Personnel Management Practices Questionnaire (NPMQ)” and “Teachers Job Performance Questionnaire (TJPQ)” were used for data collection. The instrument was validated by two experts in Educational Measurement and Evaluation from the University of Calabar. The reliability of the instruments, established using Cronbach alpha analysis, were 0.85 and 0.89 respectively for NPMQ and TJPQ. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistics. The results revealed that there is significant relationship between novel staff motivational practices, novel staff training practices, novel supervisory practices and teachers’ job performance. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that principals should endeavour to integrate modern personnel management strategies in the management of their teachers.