The Influence of Leadership Style on Organizational Performance at TumaKavi Development Association, Tamale, Northern Region of Ghana

Abstract

Leadership is one of the key driving forces for improving a firm's performance. It is assumed that the kind of leadership style employed in an organization has an impact on its overall performance. The study examined the leadership style practiced at TumaKavi Development Association (TKDA) in Northern Region of Ghana and its effect on its organizational performance. Qualitative case study design was employed. Purposive sampling was adopted to sample a total sample size of 11 respondents representing 65% of the total staff population. The study established that TKDA majorly uses democratic leadership style in its operations. It also discovered that the democratic leadership style being practiced has had an appreciable influence on the operations and performance of the organization. The results of this study also revealed that there is strong relationship between leadership style and organizational performance of TKDA. As the strength of the organization dwells much on democratic style of leadership, it is recommended that management of the organization applies more of that and mix it with other leadership styles where necessary for the organization to wax stronger within its industry.

Head Teachers’ Prevalent Leadership Styles and Teachers’ Performance in Selected Private Secondary Schools in Buikwe District (Uganda)

“…These findings mean that teamwork and its related participatory practices are very common in Buikwe private secondary schools. These findings agree with Akparep et al (2019) and Yao et al (2017) that teamwork (participatory) style is more frequently practiced than either the dictatorial or the indifferent style.…”

“…Concerning the prevalence of different styles (first study objective), literature indicated that teamwork, sometimes known as the participative style, was more frequently practiced than the other two coexisting styles, namely the autocratic and laissez-faire (Specchia et al, 2021;Akparep, Jengre & Mogre, 2019;Yao, Woan, Li & Ahmad, 2017). Some studies such as Munir and Iqbal (2018) did not only report teamwork as the most practiced style, but also graded the other two in terms of the dictatorial style coming next, and the indifferent being third -but 'hardly practiced'.…”

“…Some studies such as Munir and Iqbal (2018) did not only report teamwork as the most practiced style, but also graded the other two in terms of the dictatorial style coming next, and the indifferent being third -but 'hardly practiced'. However, according to Akparep et al (2019)'s study (in Ghana), the democratic (close to teamwork) style, is followed, not by the dictatorial, but by the indifferent. This implies that also the realities from Uganda's Buikwe District schools could end up with results giving a schema of prevalent leadership styles that differs from those of the existing majority of studies.…”

“…This implies that also the realities from Uganda's Buikwe District schools could end up with results giving a schema of prevalent leadership styles that differs from those of the existing majority of studies. Moreover, some of the existing works such as Akparep et al (2019) were not carried out in education but in the mainstream business sector (in Ghana); and others such as Yao et al (2017) were in the context of Malaysia (in Asia). Akparep et al (2019)'s study is further considered to be constrained by its design (qualitative case study) and sampling technique (solely purposive), hence quite limited to be generalized to education contexts in Uganda.…”

An Examination of the Causes of Students-Management Conflicts in University for Development Studies from 1999 to 2009

“…For example, students from the University College of Ibadan, Nigeria were cited to have staged the first ever protest in 1957 over barbed-wire barricade that was allegedly set up to control the unlawful movement of students out of halls of residence (Adebayo, 2009). There was leadership lapse (Akparep, Jengre, & Mogre, 2019). It is important that in formulating rules and regulation that are binding on students, care be taken to avoid extremes or they result in students protests.…”