Perceived Influence of Principals’ Leadership Styles on Teachers’ Job Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Benue State, Nigeria

Abstract

The objective of this study was to: examine the perceived influence of principals’ autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, transactional and transformational principals’ leadership styles on teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Benue State. Five research questions were used. A survey research design was adopted for the study. Sample size of 371 was derived from the population of 5,190 comprising principals and teachers in Benue State. Self-structured questionnaire was administered using random sampling technique. Descriptive statistics was used to answer the research questions, where mean values greater than the critical mean of 2.50 on a 4-point likert scale indicated high level of influence for the 31-items used. Results of the study showed that; there was high level of perceived influence of principals’ leadership style on teachers’ job performance in Benue State. Therefore, the adoption of the autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, transactional and transformational leadership styles by principals in Benue State was recommended to improve teachers’ job performance.