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
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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