Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of senior high school heads’
leadership style on teacher job performance in the Kumasi metropolitan educational
directorate. The study was basically a cross-sectional descriptive survey involving the
quantitative approach. Structured questionnaires were used to gather the data and the
results were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages and
means. A total of 150 respondents were selected randomly from the Kumasi
metropolitan educational directorate. The study revealed that most of the school
heads practiced autocratic style of leadership. It is important to note that majority of
the participants (70%) agreed that the head’s shared vision or goal served as a source
of motivation to teachers in the school. This study recommends that school head
master should imbibe more of democratic rather than autocratic leadership style in
their school administration in order to enhance high teacher job performance. Finally,
there is the need to give head masters management and leadership skills training
before being appointed as heads. Thus for one to be appointed senior high school head
he/she must possess a master’s degree in Educational Administration, Educational
Leadership or its equivalent
Description:
A Project Report in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of
Education and Communication Sciences, submitted to the School of Graduate
Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for award of the Master of Arts (Educational Leadership) degree
DECEMBER, 2016
