An investigation into the effects of head teachers’ leadership styles on teachers’ job performance a case study of basic schools in Medie circuit in Ga west district

Abstract

The study sought to investigate the effects of head teachers’ leadership styles on teachers’ job performance in the Basic Schools in the Medie Circuit. Quantitative approach was used. Cross-sectional study design was used with sample size of 93 Public Basic Schools head teachers and teachers. The respondents were 7 head teachers and 86 teachers from all basic schools in the circuit. The data were collected by the use of questionnaires and data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and inferential University of Education,Winneba http://ir.uew.edu.gh xii (cross tabulation) with chi-square and p-value used. The results of the study indicate that the majority (85.7%) of the head teachers had received extra training. Also, most of the head teachers (71.5%) used democratic leadership in the circuit. It was also revealed that the most preferred leadership style by the majority of the teachers (76.7%) was democratic leadership style. The results indicate high teachers’ job performance in the circuit. Furthermore, it was found that there is relationship between teachers’ job performance and head teachers leadership styles according to the majority of the respondents (89.5%). The study concludes that head teachers receive training and use democratic leadership style in their schools which is the most preferred leadership style by the teachers. The study recommends that the Ghana Education Service should intensify the extra training giving to the head teachers so that they would always recognize the contributions of their teachers