Factors affecting elementary school principals’ management function: the case of Patikul District, Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education-Sulu

Rasul Awaluddin; Masnona Sabdani-Asiri

doi:10.62596/k77axt56

Authors

Rasul A. Awaluddin Sulu State College, Jolo, Sulu Author
Masnona L. Sabdani-Asiri Sulu State College, Jolo, Sulu Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62596/k77axt56

Keywords:

Principals, Teachers, Communication, Leadership, Decision-making

Abstract

The study investigated the factors that influence the management functions of elementary school principals among elementary school teachers in Patikul East District, Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education-Sulu, during the school year 2023-2024. The researchers collected data from 100 participants using non-probability sampling method called purposive sampling. They used statistical analysis techniques such as weighted mean, standard deviation, t-test for independent samples, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson’s r to analyze the data. Here are the key findings of the study: 1. Most of the teachers in the sample were female, married, and aged between 30 years and below or 41-50 years old. They mostly held bachelor’s degrees and had 26 years or more of teaching experience. 2. On average, the management functions of elementary school principals were moderately affected by communication, leadership styles, and decision-making processes. 3. The variables of age, gender, civil status, educational attainment, and length of service did not significantly mediate the assessment of elementary school teachers regarding the extent of elementary school principals’ management functions in terms of communication, leadership styles, and decision-making processes. 4. The group of teachers who assessed the extent of factors affecting elementary school principals’ management functions in Patikul district, Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education in Sulu, found that decision-making was of moderate extent. This group of teachers also assessed communication and leadership styles as moderate extent. 5. The study supports Henri Fayol’s administrative management theory, which emphasizes the importance of proper planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling in the management functions of a principal in an educational setting.

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