Leadership Styles and Job Performance among Administrative Heads of Secondary Schools

Year 2020, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 38 - 45, 01.01.2020

Abossede Ayobola Igunnu

Abstract

The study was carried to predict leadership styles and job performance among administrative heads
of Secondary Schools in North-Central, Nigeria. Three research questions and hypotheses were
formulated for the study. The target population comprised of 7, 290 administrative heads in the
selected school in North-central Nigeria. The stratified and purposive random sampling technique
was used to draw a total of two hundred and thirty nine (239) respondents. The research instrument
was a structured questionnaire title Leadership Style and Job Performance Questionnaire (LSJPQ),
which was validated by experts in Educational Management and Measurement and Evaluation in
Ahmadu Bello University and Benue State University respectively. The index with Cronbach alpha
revealed an index of 0.89-0.92 which shows a strong reliability index. Data was collected on
principals’ leadership style and job performance among administrative heads in the selected schools
in North-central Nigeria. The target population of the study comprised all administrative heads
(principals) in the 20 selected schools in the study area which was anlysed with simple regression
analysis. The result revealed that autocratic leadership style, democratic leadership style and laissez
fair leadership style significantly predict job performance among administrative heads. It was
recommended among others that secondary schools principals in North-Central, Nigeria should
adopt democratic leadership that gives every individual ample opportunity in secondary schools, as
these leadership styles will enhance staff job performance and goal achievement in the schools.

Keywords

Leadership styles,, predictor, job, performance

References

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