Stakeholders’ Perception on Provosts Prevalent Leadership Styles in Colleges of Education in North West, Nigeria
Murtala Ibrahim
Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria – Nigeria. Email: murtalaibrahimbawa@gmail.com
Abstract
This study assessed “Stakeholders’ Perception on Provosts Prevalent Leadership Styles in Colleges of Education in North West, Nigeria”. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study was 9,410 individuals. This comprises of 12 Provosts, 12 Deputy Provosts, 12 Registrars, 12 Chief Librarians, 12 Bursars, 81 Directors, 58 Deans, 4634 Lecturers, 4517 non-teaching staff and 60 student representatives from the Colleges of Education in North-West, Nigeria. The sample of the study was 370 respondents. Multi-stage sampling technique was used for the study. A self-designed questionnaire tagged “Perceptions of Stakeholders and Provosts Leadership Style Questionnaire (PSPLSQ) was used for data collection. Three (3) experts vet the instrument and the reliability index yielded 0.91 using Cronbach’s Alpha Method. Mean score and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while One-Way-Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses formulated at the 0.05 significance level. Findings of the study revealed that coercive leadership style of provosts prevailed in the Colleges of Education in North-West, Nigeria. The study recommended that the provosts should have confidence in their staff, and the staff should commit themselves to work and bear in mind that they are in the college to perform their duties whether the provosts are around or not and the provosts should not give order and demand total obedience without explanation and question.
Keywords
Leadership Style, Coercive, Participative, Provost
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