MODERN LEADERSHIP STYLES AS CORRELATE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION LECTURERS’ PERFORMANCE IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA

Anthonia Chinyere Okoye (PhD), Joy A. Okeke-Ezeanyanwu (PhD), Christy Chinyere Nwagu (PhD)

Abstract


This study determined modern leadership styles as correlate of business education lecturers’ performance in South East, Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted correlation research design, and 257 business education lecturers in public tertiary institutions in South East, Nigeria that offer business education programme were studied without sampling. Two instruments namely, Modern Leadership Styles Survey (LSS) and Business Education Lecturers’ Performance Questionnaire (BELPQ) with 20 items, and 15 items were used for data collection. Face and construct validity of the instrument were established by three experts in the field of education while the reliability of the instruments was established using Cronbach Alpha and Coefficient values of 0.89 and 0.83 obtained for clusters B1 to B2 with an overall reliability value of .86, while Coefficient value of 0.78 was obtained for BELPQ. Pearson product moment correlation and multiple regression analysis were used for data analysis. Findings revealed that transformational leadership, and servant leadership styles had strong positive relationship with business education lecturers’ performance. Educational qualification and gender moderated significant relationships between transformational leadership style, servant leadership styles and business education lecturers’ performance in tertiary institutions in South East, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, the researchers concluded that adoption of transformational and servant leadership styles can increase business education lecturers’ performance. It was recommended among others that; Heads of Department (HODs) of business education programmes in tertiary institutions in Nigeria should adopt transformational and servant leadership styles identified by this study to have a strong positive relationship with business education lecturers’ performance


Keywords


Transformational Leadership; Servant Leadership, Business Education Lecturers, Performance

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