Management Styles And Teachers’ Citizenship Work Behavior In Selected Secondary Schools In Nyaruguru District, Rwanda.
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2013-05
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This study determined the relationship between management styles and
teachers’ citizenship work behavior in secondary schools in Nyaruguru District,
Rwanda. To achieve this main purpose of the study, four research objectives were
set and these included: to determine the management styles in secondary schools in
Nyartuguru district; to determine the level of citizenship work behavior in secondary
schools in Nyartuguru District; to find out if there is significant difference in: (a) the
management styles used in public and private schools (b) the level of teachers’
citizenship work behavior in private and secondary schools; and to establish if there
is a significant relationship between the management styles and level of citizenship
work behavior in secondary schools. The design that was used in this study was
descriptive and correlation research design. The sample size used was 175.
Systematic random and purposive sampling techniques were used to select
respondents. Self-administered questionnaires were used in this study. Data analysis
was done by the use of mean, frequencies and percentage and this was done with
the help of SPSS, computer software. The research findings indicated that the level
of management styles in secondary schools was generally high (2.61) and
democratic management style was the dominant used management style
(mean=2.63); followed by the autocratic management style (mean=2.61) and
laissez-faire was the least used management style (2.59). The level of citizenship
work behavior was generally high (2.60); there is significant difference in the level of
management styles among private and public secondary schools (F. ratio of 1.762E
and significant value of 0.000); there is significant difference in citizenship work
behavior between private and public school (F. ratio of 1.459E3 and significant level
of 0.000); a positive correlations were noted between laissez-faire and democratic
management styles and citizenship work behavior (r. values of 0.767 and 0.987 and
significant values of 0.02 and 0.00 respectively) while no significant relationship
between autocratic management style and citizenship work behavior was found at r.
value of 0.671 and significant value of 0.62. However, a significant relationship
between management styles altogether and citizenship work behavior was noted at
at r-square of 0.989; Beta=0.995, at a very small level of significance of 0.000. It
was concluded that the effective application of democratic and laissez-faire
management styles in a school would lead to higher teachers’ work behavior. It was
recommended that the school managements should try to employ mostly democratic
and laissez-faire management styles so as to improve teachers’ work behavior.
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A Thesis Presented To The College Of Higher Degree And Research, Kampala International University, In Partial Of Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Degree Of Master Of Education Management.
Keywords
Management Styles, Teachers, Citizenship Work Behavior