Leadership Styles Of Headteachers And Teachers Performace In Kakuyu Zone Mumon"I South Division, Mumoni --District.Kenya

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLAR..-4.T!ON ........................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL .................................................................................................................. ii

DEDICATION ............................................................................................................ iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .......................................................................................... iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................... v

CHAPTER ONE .......................................................................................................... 1

1.0INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 1

1. lBackground ......................................................................................................... 1

1.1.1 Historical perspective ................................................................................ 1

1.1.2 Theoretical perspective ............................................................................. 2

1.1.3 Conceptual perspectives ........................................................................... 3

1.1.4 Contextual perspectives: .......................................................................... 3

1.2 STAT MENT OF THE PROBLEl'~ ................................................................ .4

1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................ 5

1.4 OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................... 5

1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ................................................................................ 5

1.6 SCOPE .................................................................................................................. 5

1.8 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY .................................................................. 6

CiiAPTER II ............................................................................................................... 7

2.0introduction ........................................................................................................ 7

2.1 Theoretical :review .......................................................................................... 7

2.2 CONCEPTTUAL FRAME WORK ................................................................... 9

2.3 RELATED LITERATURE .............................................................................. 10

2.3.1 Autocratic leadership style and performance ................................. 10

2.3.2. Democratic leadership style ................................................................. 12

2.3.3. Laissez faire leadership style ............................................................... 14

CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................. 16

METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 16

3.0 Introduction .................................................................................................... 16

3. 1 Research approach ........................................................................................ 16

3.2 Research design ............................................................................................. 16

3.3 Sample population ........................................................................................ 17

3.4 Sampling strategies ...................................................................................... 17

3.5 Data collection methods ............................................................................. 17

3.6 Data collection instruments ...................................................................... 17

3.7 Data quality control ..................................................................................... 18

3.8 Procedure .......................................................................................................... 18

3.9 Data Analysis ................................................................................................... 18

APPENDIX A: QUESTIONNAIRE ...................................................................... 28

SECTION A: DEPENDENT VARIABLE: TEACHERS PERFORMANCE •. 29

SECTION B: INDEPENDENT VARIABLE: LEADERSHIP STYLES ........... 31