ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT (AJERM)

Influence of Principal’s Leadership Styles on Teachers’ Job Performance in Public Secondary Schools

E-ISSN: 2390-4383

P-ISSN: 1330-3473

DOI: https://iigdpublishers.com/article/589

In formal organizations, Leadership, whatever style employed brings a lot to the success or otherwise of the organization. This study was under taken to determine the extent to which leadership styles of principals influences the job performance of teachers in public secondary schools in Obio Akpo local government area, Rivers State- Nigeria, with focus on Authocratic, Democratic and Transformational leadership styles. Three objectives, research questions and hypothesis were formulated to give direction to the study. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The population of this study consisted of 1,297 teachers in the twenty-one (21) public secondary schools in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State. A sample of 518 teachers representing 40% of the total population gotten through a stratified random sampling technique to get 259 male teachers and 259 female teachers. The instrument that was used for data collection was a self-constructed questionnaire titled ‘Influence of Principal Leadership Styles on Teachers’ Job Performance Questionnaire (IPLSTJPQ)”. The instrument was validated by experts and a reliability was ascertained with a coefficient of 0.75 index value. Mean and standard deviation (SD) was used in answering the research questions while the null hypothesis was tested using t-test. The analysed data, showed that the leadership styles studied positively influences teachers’ job performance, and concluded that all the styles x-rayed in the study enhances teachers’ job performance, in public secondary schools in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers state, positively depending on the situation and context in which they are used. The study recommended among others that a school principal should assess the specific needs and dynamics of their schools to determine the most effective leadership style and continuous leadership training should be provided for school administrators to equip them with the skills to effectively implement various leadership styles.

Keyword(s) Influence, Principals’ Leadership Styles, Teachers’ Job Performance, Public Secondary Schools.
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