INFLUENCE OF PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP STYLES ON TEACHERS' PRODUCTIVITY IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS AWKA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study was made up of 635 teachers
in the 19 public secondary schools in Awka South LGA. The sample of the study consisted of 254
secondary school teachers drawn from 8 selected secondary schools in Awka South LGA, through a
simple randomly sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was a structured
questionnaire on a four alternative response columns indicating the levels of agreement; Strongly
Agreed (SA), Agreed (A), Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD). The instrument was subjected to
face validation by three experts. The reliability was established using test retest method, tested using
the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. A high value of 0.85 was obtained showing
that the instrument was reliable. The questionnaire was administered to the 254 sampled secondary
school teachers in the 8 selected schools in Awka South LGA by the researcher and two research
assistants. The research questions were answered and the data collected were analyzed using
Arithmetic mean score based on a four (4) point scale of Strongly Agreed (SA)=4, Agree (A)=3,
Disagree (D)=2 and Strongly Disagree (SD)=1. Thus, in answering the research questions, any item
with a mean score of 2.5 and above is regarded as positive which is accepted, while any item with a
mean score below 2.5 is regarded as negative and is not accepted. The findings among others showed
that both principals' instructional and transformational leadership styles significantly influence
productivity of teaching staff in public secondary schools in Awka South LGA, Anambra State.
Recommendations made were to; implement comprehensive professional development programs for
principals in Awka South, focusing on the principles and practices of transformational leadership,
including vision articulation, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized
consideration.