LEADERSHIP STYLES OF HEADTEACHERS’ AND JOB SATISFACTION AS PERCEIVED BY GHANAIAN PUBLIC BASIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
LEADERSHIP STYLES OF HEADTEACHERS’ AND JOB SATISFACTION AS PERCEIVED BY GHANAIAN PUBLIC BASIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
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2022
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Amankwah, Francis
Konin, Daniel
Dzakpasu, Raphael Kwasi
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African Journal of Educational Management, Teaching and Entrepreneurship Studies
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between headteachers' leadership styles and job
satisfaction as perceived by public basic school teachers in Kwabre East Municipal. Specifically, it sought
to determine the predominant headteachers’ leadership style perceived by the teachers, to find out the level
of teachers’ job satisfaction, and to ascertain the relationship between the perceived leadership styles’ of
headteachers and teachers’ job satisfaction. The descriptive survey design was adopted for this study and
simple random sampling technique was employed to select the research participants. A self-report
questionnaire was the main data collection instrument used in collecting the data from the 286 participants.
The data collected were analysed using means, standard deviations and Spearman Correlation Moment
Product. Results indicated that headteachers’ predominantly used transformational leadership style, and
also teachers, in general, had moderate level of job satisfaction. Furthermore, it was found that the
transformational leadership style of headteachers’ correlated significantly with the teachers’ job
satisfaction. From the findings from the study, it was concluded that headteachers' style of leadership
determined the level of job satisfaction among teachers in public basic school teachers in the Kwabre East
Municipal of Ashanti Region. Among others, it was recommended that the headteachers in the Kwabre East
Municipal should be trained on how they can be effectively used transformational leadership style in their
day-to-day administration duties.
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Dzakpasu, R. K., Francis, F., & Konin, D. (2022). LEADERSHIP STYLES OF HEADTEACHERS’AND JOB SATISFACTION AS PERCEIVED BY GHANAIAN PUBLIC BASIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. African Journal of Educational Management, Teaching and Entrepreneurship Studies, 6(1), 1-16.