A Study of Leadership Styles and Teachers’ Performance

Abstract

Leadership style is a vital component of an organization's capacity to prosper because of its effects on employee performance. The study explored the impact of leadership styles and teachers’ performance wrt demographic characteristics of experience and qualification. Two hundred teachers participated in the study. The instrument leadership styles survey was used. The results found a significant impact of democratic leadership style on teachers’ performance with respect to qualification and experience at the school level. The results also found a significant impact of autocratic leadership style on teachers’ performance with respect to qualification and experience at the school level. However, it was concluded that the laissez-faire leadership style had a non-significant impact on teachers’ performance with respect to qualifications and experience at the school level. It was suggested that leadership training is needed to improve the performance of teachers at the school level.