Leadership Styles and Retention of Teachers in Private Primary Schools in Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality, Uganda
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Date
2019
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Open Journal of Leadership
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between the leadership styles and retention
of teachers in Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality, Uganda. Leadership styles
were studied in terms of transformational, transactional and laissez-faire on a
sample of 107 primary school teachers. The study adopted the correlational
design and data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Data
analysis involved descriptive and inferential analyses. Descriptive results revealed
that teacher retention was good. Nevertheless, while the use of transformational
leadership was also good, there was moderate use transactional
leadership and low use of laissez-fair leadership was lowly used. Regression
analysis revealed that transformational leadership had a positive significant
relationship with retention of teachers. Nevertheless, transactional leadership
had a positive but insignificant relationship with retention of teachers while
laissez-faire leadership had a negative and insignificant one. Therefore, it was
concluded that transformational leadership is imperative for retention of
teachers, transactional leadership is not the most probable leadership style for
retention of teachers, and laissez-faire leadership is not a desirable leadership
style. The recommendations of the study are that head teachers should make
it a priority to be transformational in their leadership, should limit their use
of transactional leadership style, and avoid laissez-faire leadership.
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Leadership, Laissez-Faire, Retention, Teachers, Transformational, Transactional
Citation
Mugizi, W., Tumuhaise, G., Samanya, B., & Dafiewhare, A.O. (2019). Leadership Styles and Retention of Teachers in Private Primary Schools in Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality, Uganda. Open Journal of Leadership, 8, 167-187. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojl.2019.84009