@inproceedings{Muchanje2021,
  author    = {Peter N. Muchanje},
  title     = {Effect of Soft Skills Training in Secondary School Principal’s Performance in Kenya},
  series = {Bode, Umuerri (Eds.): Universities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa – Conference Proceedings 2020},
  isbn      = {978-3-96043-083-4},
  doi       = {10.18418/978-3-96043-083-4\_166},
  url       = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-53735},
  pages     = {166 -- 175},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {A school leader’s achievement is not what they study in learning institutions but the way they organize themselves into problem solving and realistic decision making. While this includes some taught hard skills, the bulk of school activities rely on soft skills. Soft skills, however, are frequently neglected, although they play an important role in school principals’ daily operations as an instructional supervisor. This study aimed to examine the relationship between soft skills training and Principals' performance. The study adopted a cross-sectional mixed survey design. Using Yamane formulae, the sample comprised of 167 principals from 286 public secondary schools in Kiambu County. These were spread proportionally across all the 12 sub-counties in the County. The principal research instrument was primarily a questionnaire. The reliability of the instrument using the Cronbach Alpha coefficient was deemed reasonable at.73. The findings showed that a substantial relationship exists between the training of the principal on soft skills and their good performance of the duties. The study suggests routine in-service training should be undertaken in the county to improve the development of soft skills. It is also advisable that undergraduate, postgraduate, or in-service training include soft skills as a unit, to build knowledge of the value of soft skills.},
  language  = {en}
}