Administrative Wisdom of Public-School Principals and its Relationship with Perceived Self-Efficacy from the Point of View of Teachers in Al Batinah South Governorate in Sultanate of Oman

The present study aimed to identify the degree of practicing administrative wisdom among government-school principals and its relationship with perceived self-efficacy from the Point of View of teachers in Al Batinah South Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. The study used a descriptive correlational approach to achieve its objectives. A questionnaire consisting of 56 statements was designed. It had two dimensions: administrative wisdom with 28 statements and perceived self-efficacy with 28 statements. After checking the validity and reliability of the questionnaire, it was distributed to a sample of 422 male and female teachers. The study showed that the degree of practicing administrative wisdom among government-school principals was high from the teachers’ perspective. The findings also showed that the level of perceived self-efficacy of government-school was high from their perspective. The study revealed a statistically significant and positive correlation between all the statements of the administrative wisdom scale and all the statements of the perceived self-efficacy scale of teachers in government schools in Al Batinah South Governorate in Sultanate of Oman. The level of the correlation ranged between low and moderate.