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Ideally, transfer of secondary school principals is a common practice in many educational
systems, with the aim of improving the overall performance of schools. However, the
influence of these transfers on the administrative performance of schools is not fully
understood. The transfer of principals may result in changes in leadership, management
styles, and organizational cultures, which may either positively or negatively impact
administrative performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of
Transfer of Secondary Schools Principals on Administrative Performance. The study was
conducted in West Pokot Sub County. The objectives of the study were; to determine the
influence of overstay transfer on Principals administrative performance, to establish the
influence of promotional transfer on Principals‘ administrative performance, to
establish the effect of requested transfer on administrative performance of Principals and to
examine the influence of stakeholder involvement in transfer of principals on administrative
performance of Principals. The study was based on Human capital theory by Becker and
Rosen. This study employed a descriptive survey design using concurrent triangulation of
both quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection. The study adopted
pragmatism paradigm. The study targeted 31 principals and 31 deputy principals of public
secondary schools in West Pokot Sub County. The study employed census sampling
approach through the use of simple census sampling to obtain a sample size of 31 principals
and their deputies making a total of 62 respondents. Purposive sampling was employed to
select the Sub County Director. Quantitative Data was analyzed using descriptive and
inferential statistics that was used in interpreting the data. Qualitative data was analyzed
under themes, sub-themes and categories. The findings from this study revealed that
requested transfer had a positive impact on principals on principal‘s administrative
performance(r =.627; p = .000). However, overstay transfer showed a negative influence on
principal‘s administrative performance(r =.-681; p = .000). The study further revealed that
promotional transfer had a positive influence on principal‘s administrative performance and
that stakeholder participation had positive influence on principal‘s administrative
performance(r =.572; p = .000). Similarly, majority (76.2%) of the respondents believed that
Stakeholders participate in disciplinary actions in the school. The study concluded that
promotional transfer, requested transfer and promotional transfer leads to improved
administrative performance of principals while overstay transfer has a negative influence on
principal‘s administrative performance. Based on these findings, the study recommended
that stakeholders should be involved in the decision of mass transfer of principals and that
the managements of the schools in the area should also commit to making adequate
arrangements for the head teachers and during induction in their new places of work.
Further, the schools should provide social amenities for the teaching staff and that there is
need for more information sharing among the stakeholders on the developments in teacher
retention and transfer requests by schools so that the suitable replacements can be made in
good time. |
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