Leadership styles of head teachers and its influence on staff performance in Senior High Schools in the Tema Metropolis.
| dc.contributor.author | Owusu-Amponsah, Mary Agyekumaa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-06-09T15:50:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-06-09T15:50:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-08 | |
| dc.description | A Dissertation Submitted In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Award Of Master Of Public Administration. | |
| dc.description.abstract | The general low academic performance in Senior High schools have been attributed to teachers’ inability to perform their functions well and head teachers’ lack of good leadership among others. In light of this, the study aimed at examining the relationship between staff performance and headteacher’s leadership style as well as the relationship between leadership style of headteachers and their academic background and personal qualities. To achieve this, the study adopted a descriptive research design and a quantitative research approach. The study further adopted the use of systematic and simple random sampling techniques to select 399 teachers from five schools in the Tema Metropolis of Ghana. Additionally, the study adopted questionnaire to collect data from the respondents. The findings revealed that, the type of leadership style deployed by the headteachers from the perspective of the teachers was generally the affiliative leadership style. It also found that, there was positive relationship between the personal qualities and academic qualification of the headteacher with their leadership style. Finally, the study also showed that, the leadership style of the headteachers had a positive and significant relationship with the performance of the teachers in the school. The study concluded that, the academic qualification as well as years of teacher experience does have some influence on the type of leadership style, they are likely to deploy. Additionally, the type of leadership style, more specifically, the affiliative leadership is more appropriate to motivate teachers to want to give off their best to achieve better performance on the job. The study recommended that, Government agencies responsible for the allocation of headteachers to the various public should ensure that, these individuals have enough teaching experiences and have undergone further training in educational administration | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | KNUST | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/17242 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | KNUST | |
| dc.title | Leadership styles of head teachers and its influence on staff performance in Senior High Schools in the Tema Metropolis. | |
| dc.type | Thesis |