| dc.description.abstract | The study sought to investigate Leadership style and job performance of teachers in fifteen (15) Private Secondary Schools in Kamuli District. The study was guided by three (03) research questions; What is the relationship between autocratic leadership and job performance of teachers in private secondary schools in Kamuli District?; What is the relationship between democratic leadership and job performance of teachers in private secondary schools in Kamuli District?; and what is the relationship between laissez-faire leadership and job performance of teachers in private secondary schools in Kamuli District? The study was cross sectional in design and collected data from a total of 125 respondents who included 15 Headteachers, 30 members of the Board of Governors and 5 officials from the Ministry of Education and Sports at Kamuli District. Data was collected using a Self Administered Questionnaire (SAQ) for teachers and an Interview guide to collect views of the Head teachers, members of the Board of Governors and officials from the Ministry of Education and Sports. The study also surveyed the existing literature related to the theme of investigation as obtained from Library text books, academic research reports, News papers, Magazines, and other written sources. The study findings were summarized, analyzed and presented, using quantitative and qualitative methods. Pearson’s co-efficient correlation was also used to test relationship between the independent and dependant variables. The study found that head teachers in secondary schools in Kamuli District used the autocratic leadership style while administering their schools, they use directive language when talking to teachers, they make personalized decision making without consulting teachers and on democratic leadership style, they don’t delegate work or responsibility to teachers. Teachers felt left out of most pertinent issues pertaining to their schools, they were demotivated and felt rejected, hence impacting negatively on their job performance. The study also found out that some teachers were performing well on aspects of effective teaching of students, involvement in co-curricular activities and imparting discipline into students. The study concluded that there is a positive relationship between laissez-faire leadership style and job performance of teachers. The study recommended that head teachers should learn when to use autocratic leadership like only if this can easily bring about teacher compliance to directives, apply democratic leadership in order to minimize conflict and tension between teachers and school administration, and to exercise laissez-faire leadership to allow teacher development in their administrative skills, in order to improve on job performance among teachers in private secondary schools in Kamuli District | en_US |
