Principal’s Leadership Style, Interpersonal Relationship and Motivation for Quality Assurance and School Improvement in Cross River State

This study on principals’ leadership style, interpersonal relationship and motivation for quality assurance and school improvement was carried out in Cross River State. The Ex-post facto research design was adopted. The study population consisted of all English and Mathematics teachers in public schools and SS2 students. The sample was made up of three hundred and forty-four (344) teachers and one thousand seven hundred and twenty (1,720) students. Two (2) sets of instrument were used for the study. These were: principal’s leadership styles, interpersonal relationships and motivation for quality assurance and school improvements in Cross River State, Nigeria. One-way analysis of variance and Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis were used for data analyses. The findings revealed that principal’s leadership style, interpersonal relationship and motivation influence quality assurance and school improvement in Cross River State. This influence on quality assurance was observed in terms of lesson presentation, classroom discipline, teacher motivation of students and classroom management. The study however recommends increased funding, provision of incentives, curriculum development, monitoring, evaluation, supervision and inspection as measures to enhance quality assurance in schools.

Keywords: Leadership style, interpersonal relationship, motivation and quality assurance.