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Resumen
Este fue un estudio de encuesta destinado a
descubrir la relación entre los estilos de liderazgo,
el compromiso de los docentes y el rendimiento
académico dentro del municipio de Ejisu. Los
investigadores seleccionaron intencionalmente
a 50 directores y 210 profesores, utilizando la
calculadora de tamaño de muestra de Raosoft.
Se utilizó un conjunto de cuestionarios cerrados
que comprendían 67 ítems para los encuestados.
Los datos se analizaron mediante estadística
descriptiva, prueba T y análisis de correlación. El
estudio descubrió, entre otras cosas, que estilos
de liderazgo como el democrático, transaccional,
autocrático, situacional y laissez-faire influyeron
significativamente en el compromiso de los
docentes en las escuelas seleccionadas para el
estudio. Sin embargo, el estilo de liderazgo de laissez-
faire tuvo una influencia negativa en el compromiso
de los docentes. También se reveló que los estilos
de liderazgo democrático y transaccional tuvieron
un efecto positivo en el rendimiento académico
y fue estadísticamente significativo. Por lo tanto,
el estudio recomendó que la Dirección Municipal
de Educación organice seminarios sobre estilos
de liderazgo, compromiso docente y rendimiento
académico para los directores, sus auxiliares y todos
los jefes de departamento, para que conozcan
no sólo la influencia que estos estilos de liderazgo
tienen en el compromiso docente y académico.
desempeño sino también las relaciones positivas
entre estos conceptos en la gestión de cualquier
sistema escolar en términos de desempeño
académico positivo.
Palabras clave
Estilos de liderazgo, director, compromiso docente,
rendimiento académico.
Abstract
This was a survey study aimed at finding out the
relationship between leadership styles, teacher
commitment, and academic performance within
the Ejisu Municipality. The researchers selected
50 headteachers purposively and 210 teachers,
using the sample size calculator by Raosoft. A set
of closed-ended questionnaires was used, and this
comprised 67 items for the respondents. The data
was analyzed, using descriptive statistics, T-tests,
and correlation analysis. The study discovered,
among other things, that leadership styles such as
democratic, transactional, autocratic, situational,
and laissez-faire significantly influenced teacher
commitment in the schools selected for the
study. However, laissez-faire leadership style had a
negative influence on teacher commitment. It was
also revealed that democratic and transactional
leadership styles had a positive effect on academic
performance, and it was statistically significant. The
study, therefore, recommended that the Municipal
Education Directorate should organize seminars
on leadership styles, teacher commitment, and
academic performance for headteachers, their
assistants, and all heads of department so they
know not only the influence these leadership styles
have on teacher commitment, and academic
performance but also the positive relationships
between these concepts in the management of
any school system in terms of positive academic
performance.
Keywords
leadership styles, headteacher, teacher
commitment, academic performance.
Introduction
Background to the study
School leadership calls for certain characteristics, demands, and roles which are
performed, based on individual styles and beliefs. The school leader, for example,
acts as an instructional leader to manage the nature of teaching and learning in the
school; as a curriculum implementer to ensure the attainment of suitable standards;
as a relational expert when it comes to dealing with teachers, parents, and students;
and still supervising administration and management of scanty resources (Amunga,
Were, & Ashioya, 2020). According to Lambrecht, Lenkeit, Hartmann, Ehlert, Knigge and
Spörer (2022), school leadership goes beyond organizational leadership, since school
leadership demands individualized styles.
Leadership practices or behaviors exhibited by the leader in the course of playing his
role as the school leader can be described as his style. Such leadership styles could be
democratic, laissez-faire, autocratic or situational, transformational, and transactional
(if you are talking about behaviors) as some people describe them. The leadership
styles employed by the headteacher go a long way to determining the level of
improvement of schools. For instance, many scholars agree that the type of leadership
style or leadership behavior that goes with transformational leadership will help schools
Leadership Styles of Headteachers, Teacher Commitment
and Academic Performance within Ejisu Municipality