Leadership styles and staff development of teaching staff in public and private secondary schools in Lukaya Town Council, Kalungu District, Uganda
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2011-09
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Kampala International University.College of Education
Abstract
The study sought to analyze the leadership styles of administrators and staff
development of teaching staff in public and private secondary schools in Lukaya town
council of Kalungu district. It was a mixed study that used both the qualitative and
quantitative methods. The study was conducted to examine types of leadership styles;
assess the level of staff development; investigate the relationship between leadership
styles and staff development; and the difference in the level of staff development. It
adopted a descriptive survey research design that helped in establishing the relationship
of leadership styles and staff development. In this regard, data for this study was
collected on the independent variable, which was leadership styles, and that of the
dependent variable, which was staff development. The relationship between the two
variables was investigated in order to determine the strength of their relationship and
the coefficients of determination existing between them.
Together with observations during school visits, questionnaires were given out to
administrators and teachers, to determine the level of staff development and the
effectiveness and relationship between leadership styles and staff development. The
researcher discovered on the basis of an extensive literature review and the in-depth
research undertaken that administrators adopt a range of leadership styles. However,
for the purposes of this investigation, the researcher examined the relationship between
leadership styles in general and staff development, and later analyzed staff
development in relation to public and private secondary schools.
The study established that unless administrators consider staff development as
their role and encourage educators with support provision to attend in service training
workshops and seminars they would not be able to improve staff development
significantly. The study established that effective staff development requires visionary
leadership, amongst others, and that there is a strong relationship between visionary
leadership and transformational leadership, which is recommended for education
leaders.
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Thesis report presented to the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of the degree in master of Education Administration and Management
Keywords
Leadership, Styles, Staff, Development, Teaching staff, Public