Author
Helen Chinelo Onuorah, PhD
Abstract
The main purpose of the study was to examine the relationship
between workplace flexibility and administrative staff
productivity in public secondary schools in Imo State. Two
research questions and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05
level of significance. The correlational survey research design
was adopted for the study. The population of the study
comprised all 306 principals of public secondary schools in Imo
State. The sample of the study comprised 306 public secondary
school principals. The instruments for data collection were two
structured questionnaires; “Workplace Flexibility Questionnaire
(WFQ)” and “Administrative Staff Productivity Questionnaire
(ASPQ)”. The instrument was validated by experts in
educational management and it was trial tested on 20 principals
in Anambra State. Pearson product moment correlation statistics
was used for analysis of data. Findings of the study revealed a a high positive relationship between flexi-time and administrative
staff productivity in public secondary schools in Imo State. on
the other hand, findings revealed a low positive relationship
between remote work and administrative staff productivity in
public secondary schools in Imo State. Furthermore, findings
revealed that the relationships were significant. Based on these
findings, the researcher concluded that there is positive and
significant relationship between workplace flexibility and
administrative staff productivity in public secondary schools in
Imo State. Based on these findings, the researcher recommended
that Government in conjunction with the State Ministry of
Education should develop a workplace arrangement policy that
allows administrative staff works flexible hours. It that was also
recommended that Government of Imo State in conjunction with
the State Ministry of Education in collaboration with private
educational technology firm should invest in digital
infrastructure and provide necessary technological tools to
support remote work.
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