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ABSTRACT

The study sought to assess resource management and occupational stress among secondary school administrators in Imo State. An Expost-facto research design was used for this study. The research area for this study was Imo State. The population of this study comprised of all secondary school administrators in Imo State. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 227 principals, which constituted the sample size. Two main instruments used in this study were ‘RESOURCE MANAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE’ (RMQ) and ‘SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OCCUPATIONAL STRESS QUESTIONNAIRE’ (SAOSQ). The research instrument (RMQ) and (SAOSQ) were submitted to the expert in test and measurement/evaluation, who helped to scrutinize and validate the items on its face value, content inclusion and language clarity. Cronbach alpha technique was used to determine the level of reliability of the instrument. The statistical package for social sciences (SPSS 17.0) was used in analyzing the data such that descriptive statistics of mean was used to answer the research questions while Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis was used in testing the hypotheses. From the result of the statistical analysis it was observed that there is significant relationship between human resource management and occupational stress among secondary school administrators. It was also observed that there is significant relationship between financial management and occupational stress among secondary school administrators. One of the recommendations made was that government should provide basic facilities and for this purpose, special budget should be reserved to improve the working conditions.

KEY WORDS:          Resource Management, Occupational Stress, Secondary School, Administration