Leadership Styles and Their Applications for Effective School Administration                

Dr. Helen Jonathan Mshelia & Olukayode Emmanuel (B.Sc, NMIN, M.Sc in view)
Department of Educational Foundations, Taraba State University Jalingo, Nigeria
DOI – http://doi.org/10.37502/IJSMR.2022.5204

Abstract

This empirical study discussed the different types of leadership styles and how they can be adopted for effective Administration of schools. Its objectives were to examine how the school administrators’ leadership styles affect the performance of school resources and to develop methods in which administrators can enhance their styles towards the realization of school goals. It analyzed school as a social system, various kind of leadership styles, leadership styles application, causes of leadership style failure and suggested ways of improving school administrator’s leadership styles. It is however concluded that there is no single ideal leadership style; rather, the ability to use all of them depending on the situational demand is the key to becoming a relevant and high-performing school administrator.

Keywords:  leadership styles, performance of school.

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