A Study on Tracher-Principal Conflicts in Amhara Regional State Secondary Schools
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1998-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The primary concern of this study was to examine teacher-principal conflicts in secondary
schools of the Amhara Regional State. The study also aimed to discover the views of teachers
and principals concerning the nature of conflict, major causes and types of conflict, and ways
of conflict management. To this end, descriptive survey method was employed, and the effects
of personal attributes were treated.
The study was conducted in 8 secondary schools selected from the region using random
sampling. The subjects of the study were 200 respondents (I84 teachers and 16 principals) and
33 interviewees. Information was solicited from the subjects through a survey questionnaire
and interview; besides examining documents. Various statistical tools such as, frequency
distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, coefficient correlation, one way
ANOVA and rank order were used to analyze the data.
The findings of the study revealed that there was a wider gap between the number of females
and males in secondary schools staff Conflict is dynamic in nature and has both positive and
negative outcomes. The prevalence of conflict was in the form of personal (intra personal and
interpersonal) and group (intragroup and intergroup) types due to major causes and specific
factors. Among the major causes the practice of the new teachers performance evaluation
::,ystem and career development plan were crucial. There were also differences among types of
conflicts in their degrees of occurrences. The mechanisms that were used to control and
minimize
conflicts were avoiding,
accommodating, competing,
compromising and
collaborating. There were a positive relationships between major causes and types, and
mechanisms and types of conflicts under study.
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A Study on Tracher-Principal Conflicts, in Amhara Regional State