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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ USAGE OF GRAPEVINE COMMUNICATION AND TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN UNITY SCHOOLS IN SOUTH-SOUTH, NIGERIA

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The study was carried out to assess the relationship between school administrators’ usage of grapevine communication and teachers’ job performance in unity schools in South-South, Nigeria. A correlational design was adopted for the study. The research area was South-South Nigeria. The population of this study was 1,644 respondents which comprised all the 17 principals and 1,627 teachers of all the seventeen (17) unity schools of 2020/2021 academic session in South-South education zone, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a total of was 510 respondents which comprises of 50 teachers from the 10 selected unity secondary schools and 10 principals from each of the 10 selected unity secondary schools. The instruments for data collection were ‘School Communication of Administrators Questionnaire (SCAQ) and ‘Teacher Job Performance Questionnaire (TJPQ). The data obtained were analysed using Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient. Linear Regression analysis (ANOVA) was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusions made from the study states that on the overall that school administrators’ communication; (grapevine communication) to a high extent relate to teachers’ Job performance in unity secondary schools. This implies that This implies that effective management and use of grapevine communication by school administrators. One of the recommendations made from the study was that School administrators should properly manage grapevine communication in the school by providing accurate and timely information to teachers so as to reduce rumors and misinformation

KEYWORDS: Unity Schools, Grapevine communication, Job Performance

OTONKUE, Raymond Emmanuel, Ph.D AND Ikwen, Amokeye Banbeshie.

UNIVERSAL ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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