RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS EDUCATORS’ PERCEIVED ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP STYLE AND THEIR JOB PERFORMANCE IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN TARABA STATE

Abstract

This study determined the relationship between business educators’ perceived
administrative leadership style and their job performance in tertiary institutions in
Taraba State. One research question guided the study and one null hypothesis was
tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlational survey design was adopted for the
study and the population was 79 business educators in tertiary institutions in Taraba
State. A structured questionnaire developed by the researchers and validated by
experts was used for data collection. The measure of internal consistency method was
used to test the reliability of the instrument and data analysis with Cronbach Alpha
yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.82. Data collected from the study were analyzed
with Pearson Product Moment Correlation for the research question and hypothesis
using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The result showed that there
was negative relationship between business educators’ perceived autocratic
administrative leadership style and their job performance in tertiary institutions in
Taraba State, however, the relationship was not significant. Based on the findings, it
was concluded that applying the democratic style of leadership will lead to increased
effectiveness and efficiency of business educators in the institutions. The researchers
recommended that administrators should adopt the democratic leadership style more
than autocratic leadership style to enhance business educators’ quality job
performance which will lead to the achievement of the objectives of the programme in
their institutions.