Strategic Leadership Practices and Academic Performance of Public Secondary Schools in Kericho County, Kenya
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Date
2022
Authors
Bett, Winrose C.
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
The importance of leadership in school academic performance has been noted by
diverse scholars. This is because the leadership is involved in stakeholder
management, resources mobilization and deployment, motivation of teachers,
maintaining of school discipline levels, elimination of drug abuse menace, and policy
formulation. The role of strategic leadership is even more critical within the
secondary schools‟ system in order to achieve and maintain sustainable academic
performance. This study investigated the strategic leadership styles and academic
performance in public secondary schools in Kericho country. The study was guided
by the following objectives; to examine the effects of leadership styles on academic
performance in secondary school, to determine how stakeholder involvement affects
academic performance in public secondary schools, to find out how resource
allocation affects academic performance in public secondary and to find out how
school laws and regulations affect academic performance in public secondary schools
in Kericho County. The study was founded on Path-goal theory, transformational
leadership approach, and trait leadership theory. The study utilized a descriptive
design and target 540 respondents from public secondary schools in Kericho County.
A stratified random sampling method was utilized to choose the respondents. The
sample size of was 108 respondents was used in the study. The research carried out
pilot study in the neighboring County to test rteliability of the instruments. Data was
collected through open and closed ended questionnaires and analyzed using
descriptive and inferential statistics with the guide of SPSS software. ANOVA and T
test were used to test the relationship between the variables. The study found out that
there is a significant relationship between strategic leadership practices and academic
performance. The study found out that the leadership style, stakeholder‟s
involvement, resource allocation, and school rules and regulations greatly influence
academic performance in public secondary schools in Kericho County, Kenya.
Description
A Research Project Submitted to the School of Business in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award Of Degree of Master of Business Administration (Strategic
Management) Kenyatta University
Keywords
Strategic, Leadership, Practices, Academic, Performance, Public Secondary, Schools, Kericho, Kenya