Principals’ Leadership Styles: Critical Components to Security Management in Selected Secondary Schools in Mandera County, Kenya.
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Date
2022
Authors
Adan, hussein Ibrahim
Guantai, hellen Kiende
Muchanje, peter Nyaga
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Jereda Journal
Abstract
Introduction: Leadership styles of school principals plays a significant role in making
the school a safe haven for students. This is because principals interact with the school
community more often, and hence understand the school environment better.
Purpose: Determine the critical leadership style in the security management in
Mandera County, Kenya
Methodology: The correlational study design was used as the framework that
anchored the study. The survey targeted a population of 424 teachers, 46 principals,
460 BOM members and 13,387 students in Mandera County which makes a total
population of 14,317. The sample size was 201 teachers, 40 principals, 210 BOM
members and 373 students and thus narrowing the sample size to 824 respondents.
The respondents were stratified, proportionately and randomly sampled. Questionnaires
for teachers, semi- structured interview guides for principals and BOM members, and
focus groups were adopted as instruments of collecting information. Before the main
study, the researcher conducted a pilot study in schools that had characteristics similar
to those of the sampled schools. Content validity was determined using expert
judgment from specialist in the education management. Instrument reliability was
established using the Cronbach alpha technique. Thematic analysis was used to analyze
qualitative data, while quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics in
terms of frequencies, means, and inferential statistics in terms of regression analysis.
Results: The results of this research show a prediction that for each increase in the
leadership styles of secondary school principals, there was a 29.7% increase in security
management.
Recommendation: Major recommendation is that school leadership need to adopt the
correct management strategies to ensure security. Furthermore, the community where
the school is located should be involved in matters of student security and safety
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Keywords
Insecurity, Leadership style, Security management, Transformation
Citation
Adan, H. I., Guantai, H. K., & Muchanje, P. N. (2022). Principals’ leadership styles: Critical components to the security management in selected secondary schools in Mandera county, Kenya. Journal of Educational Research in Developing Areas, 3(1), 1-14.