Tuesday, February 23, 2021

THE INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP ON SCHOOL CLIMATE: A CASE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN HOHOE MUNICIPALITY OF GHANA

 

THE INFLUENCE OF LEADERSHIP ON SCHOOL CLIMATE: A CASE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN HOHOE MUNICIPALITY OF GHANA [PDF]

Rev. Fr. (Dr.) Augustine Owusu-Addo, Yeboah Carlos, Daniel Amadiok, and Phyllis Bernice Kwarteng Donkor

DOI: http://doi.org/10.21681/IJMSIR-09174-5017-2021

Volume 04, pp. 103-114 February 2021

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Abstract: Leadership style has so much potential influence on institutions that it should be considered seriously in organizational behavior, especially in educational institutions. The study, therefore, examined the leadership and its potential influence on the climate of selected Senior High Schools in the Hohoe Municipal in the Volta Region of Ghana. The specific objectives of the study were; to identify the dominant leadership styles exhibited by the heads in the selected senior high schools, find out how teachers perceived the leadership style of the heads in the selected senior high schools, evaluate the organizational climate of the selected senior high schools and establish the relationship between leadership styles and school climate. The study adopted a descriptive survey method. The study population included all the teachers in the three selected senior high schools. Proportionate sampling was used to select 100 teachers as the sampling size, while simple random sampling was used to select respondents from each of the three selected senior high schools and the main instruments used for data collection were questionnaires adapted for this study's purpose. Two different questionnaires were used. The study revealed the following findings: democratic leadership style was dominantly used by the heads of the selected SHS, the school climate of the selected schools was positive, and there was an inverse relationship between school climate and leadership style of the Head. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were made: heads' of senior high schools that serve over 10 years in a particular school should be transferred to another school, the heads should continuously undertake educational leadership courses, teachers should undertake an in-service course in educational leadership and heads should involve teachers and students in decision making in all matters relating to school administration in order to foster positive school climate.

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