Strategic Leadership and Performance Of Secondary Schools in Samburu Central Subcounty
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Date
2020
Authors
Njukunye, Peter Leseketeti
Waithaka, Paul
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Publisher
International Academic Journals
Abstract
The effect of school leadership on
educational outcomes has been widely
debated in our current times that students’
performance can be influenced by the kind
of leadership exerted into the school
system. This study examined the effect of
strategic leadership style and performance
in secondary schools of Samburu Central
Sub-County. The study was guided by three
objectives: to examine the effect of
transformation leadership style on
performance, to establish the effects of
transactional leadership on performance, to
explore the practicality of shared leadership
on performance in secondary schools of
Samburu central sub-county. The study
explored the following theoretical theories:
leadership trait theory, behavioral theory
and, contingency theory. A total of five
public secondary schools were selected
from a population of 27 schools through
stratified sampling method. A total number
of fifty teachers were sampled as
respondents from the selected schools for
the interview which constituted 58% of the
population. The study adopted a survey
design through interviews, questionnaires
and case study. In this connection, a survey
design through questionnaires was used to
collect the required data for the study. The
target population for the study was the five
public secondary schools in Samburu
Central Sub-County that have challenges in
their school academic performance. These
schools were targeted because of the
prevailing challenges in their performance.
Purposive sampling technique and simple
random sampling techniques was used to
select the respondents. The researcher used
questionnaire to elicit information from the
interviewers and interview schedules to
collect data for analysis. Descriptive and
inferential statistics were adopted to
analyze the data that included frequencies,
percentages and means. The findings of the
study were analyzed and presented in the
form of frequency tables and figures. The
results of the study indicated that; there is a
strong correlation between the schools
principal style of leadership and students’
performance, they are intertwined which
was statistically significant. Teachers’
strongly perceived that the principals’ style
of leadership impacts students’
performance either negatively or positively
depending on its nature. That for schools to
prosper academically, strongly effective
and efficient school leadership is necessary.
The study recommends that, the principals
should possess satisfactory leadership and
managerial skills for mentoring and
steering the schools progressively forward.
Description
A research article published in International Academic Journal of Human Resource and Business Administration
Keywords
strategic leadership, performance, secondary schools, Samburu Central Sub-county
Citation
Njukunye, P. L. & Waithaka, P. (2020). Strategic leadership and performance of secondary schools in Samburu Central Sub-county. International Academic Journal of Human Resource and Business Administration, 3(9), 104-128