Abstract

This study examined the personnel management function of principals as predictors of teachers’ self-efficacy in secondary schools in the South-East States. Specifically, the study sought to Investigate the extent satisfaction of staff needs staff discipline and staff motivation by principals predict teachers’ self-efficacy in secondary schools in the South-East States, Nigeria. Three research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. This study adopted a correlational survey. This study was carried out in public secondary schools in the South-Eastern states of Nigeria. The population of the study comprised 14611 made up of 13,392 teachers and 1219 principals in the 1219 public secondary schools of the 21 education zones in the South-Eastern states of Nigeria. The sample of the study comprised 1827 of which 1,339 are teachers and 488 were principals in the 488 public secondary schools in the southeast states of Nigeria. The sample was drawn using a proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The instruments for data collection were two sets of a researcher-developed questionnaire which had 33 items. Two experts validated the instruments. The data collected were analyzed using Regression analyses and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) statistics. The study revealed that. The satisfaction of staff needs by principals and staff motivation relates to a low extent to the teacher self-efficacy while staff discipline by principals relates to a very high extent to teacher self-efficacy in the secondary schools in the south-east states, Nigeria. Hence, the study among other things recommended that The use of effective staff motivation should be encouraged by secondary school principals to enable teachers to develop professionally through learning from one another.