摘要：The study investigated principals’ social skills, emotion and work attitude management for effective secondary school administration in Enugu State. Three research questions were answered while three hypotheses were tested. The study adopted a descriptive research with a population of population of 295 principals in 295 public secondary schools in Enugu State. The sample size was 236 principals from 235 schools. Simple random sampling technique was used to arrive at the sample representing 80% of the population. An instrument titled Principals’ Social Skills, Emotion and Work Attitude Management for Effective Secondary School Administration Scale (PSSEWAMESSA) was used for data collection. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to establish the validity of the instrument. The internal consistency reliability coefficient of 0.89 was computed for PSSEWAMESSA through Cronbach alpha statistics. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while independent samples t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The researchers found that proper management of principals’ social skills, emotion and work attitude will validly and reliably lead to effective school administration secondary schools in Enugu State, Nigeria. The researchers recommended that the principals should consistently apply social intelligence and competence in their association as well as designation of responsibilities and roles to their subordinates in the school. More so, the principals should be emotionally intelligent by watching and regulating their emotions in order not to have mood distortion in the discharge of their statutory and non statutory administrative functions in the school. Finally, the principals should develop positive attitude to work by being intrinsically motivated in every phase of responsibility.
关键词：Principals;Social Skills;Emotion and Work Attitude Management for Effectiveness and School Administration
