Principals’ Strategic Financial Management as Predictors of Teachers’ Attitude to Work in Secondary Schools in Nsukka Education Zone, Nsukka

Abstract

The study investigated principals’ strategic financial management as predictors of teachers’ attitude to work in secondary schools in Nsukka Education Zone, Nsukka. Enugu State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlation research survey design with a population of 62 principals in the 62 schools in Nsukka Education zone of Enugu State, Nigeria. There was no sampling as all the population was used as the sample because of its manageable small size. Two instruments titled Principals’ Strategic Financial Management Questionnaire (PSFMQ) and Teachers’ Attitude to Work Questionnaire (TAWQ) were used for data collection. The instruments were validated by experts from relevant areas. The internal consistency reliability coefficients of 0.88 and 0.77 were computed for PSFMQ and TAWQ through Cronbach alpha. Linear regression was used to answer the research questions while t-test associated with linear regression was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that financial planning, budgeting and risk assessment predicted to a high extent teachers’ work attitude in secondary schools in Nsukka education zone. It was recommended that the the principals always draw financial plan at the beginning of every academic session in order to enhance teachers’ attitude to work in secondary schools in Nsukka Education Zone.