Understanding School Leadership And Management In Contemporary Nigeria

Austin N. Nosike () and Nkasiobi S. Oguzor ()
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Austin N. Nosike: The Granada Management Institute
Nkasiobi S. Oguzor: Federal College of Education

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2011, vol. 1, issue 3 Special, 135-143

Abstract: The problems that plagues the school system are so numerous that those who are within the educational system are so overwhelmed not to talk of outsiders who are poised to ask such a pertinent question like “are the principals leading the schools well?”. This paper examined the quality valuation among the male and female principals in their choice of leadership styles. The principals, the teachers and the student were all required to make their contributions to ascertain what style of leadership that is commonly adopted by the male on the one hand and the female principals on the other. The analysed data shows that the female principals qualitatively involve the democratic style of leadership than the men. The female principals also involve their staff in decision-making than does the male counterpart, the male principals, who adopted the democratic and the autocratic styles of leadership are quicker at the management of crises in schools than the female principals.

Keywords: School; Principal; Leadership Styles; Gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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