volume 7 issue 3 article 8

Appraisal of Veritable Leadership Characters Exhibited by Secondary School Principals: A Case of Osun State Secondary Schools, Nigeria

Olowo Busuyi Francis^1
1Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria

Abstract: This paper reports the results of a survey that appraised the leadership characters exhibited by secondary school principals in Osun State Secondary Schools, Nigeria. The study adopted quantitative approach of design. Population of the study comprised all 7,767 teachers and sample of 390 was selected using simple random and purposive sampling techniques. An instrument was used to gather data. Data collected were analysed using mean, standard deviation (SD) and T-Test. The findings showed that principals demonstrated their accountability (x ̅=3.09), courageous (x ̅=3.07), justice (x ̅=3.02), and, collaborative (x ̅=2.95) characters. The study further indicated that there was no significant difference between the courageous (t-cal=64.91; df=310; p (0.612) ˃0.05), collaborative (t-cal=71.88; df=310; p (0.736) ˃0.05), accountability (t-cal=72.89; df=310; p (0.594) ˃0.05) and justice characters (t-cal=69.81; df=310; p (0.612) ˃0.05) demonstrated by male and female principals in the study area. The study concluded that both the male and female principals in the study area exhibited their accountability, courageous, justice and collaborative characters.

Keywords: Appraisal, Leadership Characters, Principals, Secondary Schools, Nigeria

Download the PDF Document

doi: 10.23918/ijsses.v7i3p73

References: 

Allen, J., & Dennis, M. (2010). Leadership and accountability. Nursing Management (Harrow, London, England: 1994), 17(7), 28–29.

Allen, V. L., & Klenke, K. (2009). Failed moral decision making in high-profile leaders: A social cognitive study of William Jefgerson Clinton’s political leadership. Essay from the Field, 5. Retrieved on July 10, 2019 from https://tesc.innersync.com/documents/ILJ_Fall_2009.pdf#page=6

Barker, C., & Coy, R. (2003). The 7 heavenly virtues of leadership. Sydney: McGraw-Hill.

Blagescu, M., & de Las Casas, L. (2005). Pathways to accountability. The GAP Framework. Retrieved from https://who.int/entity/management/partnerships/accountability/PathwaysAccountabilityGAPFramework.pdf\npapers2://publication/uuid/C35A1094-BC82-44A0-8C1C-77324A90CAC1

Bovens, M. (2007). New forms of accountability and EU-Governance. Comparative European Politics.

Bragues, G. (2006). Seek the good life, not money: The Aristotelian approach to business ethics. Journal of Business Ethics, 67(4), 341-357.

Burke, R. J. (2006). Why leaders fail: Exploring the darkside. International Journal of Manpower, 27(1), 91-100. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720610652862

Covey, S. (2007, December 10th). The Community. Retrieved from The Leader Formula: The 4 things that make a great leader: https://stephencovey.com/blog/?p=6

Crossan, M., Gandz, J., & Seijts, G. (2012). Developing Leadership Character. Ivey Business Journal, JanuaryFebruary. Reprint number qB12TA07

Dillenbourg, P. (1999). What do you mean by ‘collaborative learning?’ In P.
Dillenbourg (Ed.), Collaborative – learning: Cognitive and computational approaches (pp.1–19). Oxford: Elsevier

Dulewicz, C., Young M., & Dulewicz, V. (2005). The relevance of emotional intelligence for leadership performance. Journal of General Management, 30(3), 71-86.

Daft, L. Richard. (2005). The leadership experience. Ohio: South-Western
Gamage, D., Adams D., & McCormack, (2009). How does a school leader’s role influence student achievement? Areview research findings and best practices. Internal Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 4(1) (January – March, 2009)

Gamagee, D., Charles, T, Kimathi, C. K., & Zachariah K., (2012) The impact of head teachers’ supervision of teachers on students’ academic performance. Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) 3(3): pp299-306 at jeterapsscholarlinkresearch.org

Ibe, B. O. (2007). Winning strategies for transformational leadership. Lagos Nigeria.

Kateb, G. (2004). Courage as a virtue. Social Research,39-72. Retrieved from https://jstor.org/stable/40971659

Kohlberg, L. (1976). Moral Stages and Moralization. In T. Lickona (Eds.), Moral development and behaviour: theory, research and social issues. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Lello, J. (1993). Accountability in practice. London: Cassell.
MacIntyre, A. (1984). After Virtue. NotreDame. Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press.

McCall, J. J. (2012). Leadership and ethics: Corporate accountability to whom, for what and by what means. Journal of Business Ethics, 38, 133–139.

Mgbodile, T.O. (2004). Instructional leadership in schools. In T.O. Mgbodile (ed). Fundamentals in educational administration and planning, 140-148. Enugu: Magnet Business Enterprise.

Northouse, P. G. (2010). Leadership: Theory and practice (5thed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

O’Dwyer, B., Unerman, J. (2007). From functional to social accountability: Transforming the accountability relationship between funders and nongovernmental development organisations. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 20, 446–471.

Ogbiji, J. (2006). Educational administration in classroom. Cross River State, Train the Trainer Workshop, Calaber.

Ogbonnaya, N.O. (2003). School business administration. In Mgbodile, T.O. (Ed). Fundamentals in administration and planning. Enugu: Magnet Business Enterprise.

Palencia, P. V. (2012). Back to essentials: Virtues and character for strategic leaders. Unpublished master thesis, United States Army War College, USA.

Ponnusamy, P. (2010). The Relationship of instructional leadership, Teachers’ Organizational Commitment and Students’ Achievement in Small Schools. Unpublished Masters Project.

Putnik, G. D., & Cunha, M. M. (2008). Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations United States of America: Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global)

Rijamampianina, R. (2018). Leaders and decision making: a study of the drivers of courage. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 16(1), 320-329.

Sanaghan, P., & Lohndorf, J. (2015). Collaborative leadership: the new leadership stance. Conference Paper. Retrieved from https://academicimpressions.com/news-sign-up

Sarmad, H. (2007). Top 10 leadership qualities that make good leaders. Retrieved on July 18, 2018 from http//:top%2010%20Leadership%20Qualities%20That%20Make%20Good%20Leaders.htm

Sen, A., Kabak, H.E,. & Yanginlar, G. (2013). Courageous leadership for the twenty-first century. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 75(2), 91 – 101.

Simpson, J. (2009). The Oxford English dictionary online. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. Retrieved On December 15, 2009 from https://dictionary.oed.com.libaccess.lib. mcmaster.ca.

Sison, A. J. G. (2003). The moral capital of leaders: Why virtue matters. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Solomon, R. (1999). A better way to think about business: How personal integrity leads to corporate success. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Yukl, G. (2006). Leadership in organisations (6thed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Zaccaro, S.J., Kemp, C., & Bader, P. (2004). Leader traits and attributes. In J. Antonakis, A.T. Cianciolo, & R.J. Strenberg (Eds.), The nature of leadership (pp. 101-124). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies
ISSN 2520-0968 (Online), ISSN 2409-1294 (Print), September 2020, Vol.7, No.3