EFFECTIVE PERSONNEL RELATIONSHIP AS A TOOL FOR FOSTERING PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OLUYOLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OYO STATE

Abstract

Success of every organisation depends on the implementation of the set
objectives and relationship among the human resources. This study,
thus, investigated the effective personnel relationship as a tool for
fostering peaceful coexistence in public secondary schools in Oluyole
Local Government Area of Oyo State. Descriptive survey research design
was adopted in carrying out the study. The population of the study was
all teachers in public secondary schools in Oluyole Local Government
Area of Oyo State. Multi stage sampling was adopted. The study
sampled 10 public secondary schools through simple random sampling
technique. In each school, 15 teachers were randomly selected. A total
of 150 respondents were used for the study. The research instrument
adopted was a self-developed questionnaire titled “Effective Personal
Relationship and Peaceful Coexistence in the School Organization
Questionnaire”. Content validity of instrument was done by the experts
in Educational Management and Teacher Education after which
modifications were made. Also, a reliability coefficient of 0.85 was
obtained using alpha Cronbach. Pearson Product Moment Correlation
analysis was used to analyze the three hypotheses at 0.05 level of
significance. It was found that decision making and fostering peaceful
coexistence in public secondary schools were significantly
related(r=0.52;p<0.05), delegation of duties and fostering peaceful
coexistence in the school organization in public secondary schools in
Oluyole Local Government were also significantly related(r=0.67;p<0.05)
and finally, significant relationship existed between communication
network and fostering peaceful coexistence in the school organization in
public secondary schools in Oluyole Local Government(r=0.46; p<0.05).
Recommendations were made that school principal should embrace 
decision making as an instrument that foster peace coexistence,
principal should see communication as a tool of success and school
administrators should be able to delegate duties to his/her subordinates
for effective outcome of secondary education objectives