The Relationships Amongst Ethical Leadership Of Principals, Tutor Job Satisfaction And Organisational Commitment In Ghanaian Colleges Of Education: The Moderating Role Of Gender

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to look into the ethical leadership of principals, tutor job satisfaction and organisational commitment in Ghanaian Colleges of Education. The research was guided by six hypotheses as indicated in chapter one. A cross-sectional survey was adapted for the study with the quantitative approach which was anchored in the positivist paradigm. The study used a sample size of 319 but the response rate that was gathered from the field was 250. Hence 250 was used in the analysis. Multivariate multiple regression, Structural Equation Modelling and Process Analysis were used to test the hypothesis. Ethical leadership was found to be a predictor of job satisfaction. Ethical leadership was not found as a predictor of organisational commitment. Job satisfaction was found to be a predictor of organisational commitment of College of Education tutors in Ghana. The study results revealed that organisational commitment moderated the relationship between ethical leadership and job satisfaction. Gender moderated the link between ethical leadership and job satisfaction. The study revealed that gender was a significant moderator between job satisfaction and organisational commitment of College of Education tutors in Ghana. As a result of this, it was recommended that principals of CoE and the GTEC should look at avenues to increase the job satisfaction levels of their tutors. Principals and the governing councils need to focus on factors affecting the extrinsic and intrinsic motivations (job satisfaction) of their tutors so that stronger commitment and greater loyalty may be demonstrated by the tutors. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I owe a debt of gratitude to numerous persons who helped this thesis come to be in many ways. I want to start by expressing my sincere gratitude to my supervisors, Professor Francis Owusu Mensah, former Director, the College of Distance Education and E Learning, (CODEL) at the University of Education, Winneba and Dr. Philip Oti Agyen, of the Department of Education and Communication Studies at the Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, Kumasi. I appreciate them for their priceless suggestions, thoughts, critiques, and support in making my work a success. A particular word of thanks goes out to the tutors who helped to fill out the questionnaire used to collect the data, as well as the principals of the colleges of education, where data was taken. My wife, Gloria Ampomah, and children, Christian, Stephanie, Gabriella, and Ivan. Not forgetting my sisters Vida, Victoria, and Dr. Paulina Ampomah, for their unwavering support in helping me complete this level of schooling. Last but not least, to Dr. Stephen Adjei Baffour, head of the Department of Educational Leadership, and Dr. Lydia Osei Amankwa, Coordinator for Graduate Studies both of AAMUSTED, Kumasi God bless you for giving me the motivation and assistance I needed to get this far.