PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP STYLES AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDO STATE

Authors

  • Momoh, U. Department of Educational Management Faculty of Education, University of Benin Benin City, Nigeria
  • Marchie, N. C. Department of Educational Management Faculty of Education, University of Benin Benin City, Nigeria

Keywords:

Principal’s leadership styles, Conflict management strategies, Public secondary schools, Edo State

Abstract

The study investigated principals’ leadership styles and conflict management strategies in public secondary schools in Edo State. To guide the study, two research questions and three hypotheses were raised. The study was a descriptive research design adopting the correlational research design. The population of the study was all the 136 principals in the public secondary schools in Edo South Senatorial District. The sample size of the study is 68 principals constituting 50% of the population. The Principals’ Leadership Styles Questionnaire (PLSQ) and Conflict Management Strategies Questionnaire (CMSQ) were used to collected data. The data was analysed using the Pearson Product Moment Coefficient Statistics and Fisher Z-test. The findings revealed that the predominant principals’ leadership style is the charismatic leadership style, while the predominant conflict management strategy is the accommodating conflict management strategy. The study further revealed that there was a significant relationship between leadership styles and conflict management strategies. However, there was no significant difference in the relationship between leadership styles and conflict management strategies based on gender and experience. It was therefore recommended that ministry of Education should create leadership training programmes to educate leaders on the various styles of leadership, expose principals to the different conflict management strategies and gender and experience should be considered in appointing a principal.

Author Biographies

Momoh, U., Department of Educational Management Faculty of Education, University of Benin Benin City, Nigeria

Department of Educational Management
Faculty of Education, University of Benin
Benin City, Nigeria

Marchie, N. C., Department of Educational Management Faculty of Education, University of Benin Benin City, Nigeria

Department of Educational Management
Faculty of Education, University of Benin
Benin City, Nigeria

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Published

2023-03-04

How to Cite

Momoh, U., & Marchie, N. C. (2023). PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP STYLES AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDO STATE. African Journal of Educational Management, 23(1), 123–137. Retrieved from https://journals.ui.edu.ng/index.php/ajem/article/view/874