Leadership Style and Government Delivery of Educational Services in Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract

Based on the purpose of this study, the researchers investigated the influence of leadership style on government delivery of educational services in Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the objective of the study, a null hypothesis was postulated. The study is anchored on leadership theory. The survey research design was employed for the study due to its nature in collection of data to accurately and objectively describe existing phenomena. A census of all the 245 Principals in public secondary schools in the state was used for the study. Major instruments for data collection include: a Group Focused Interview, Leadership Style Questionnaire (LSQ) and Government Delivery of Educational Services Questionnaire (GDESQ). Data were analysed using the One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the analysis indicated that leadership style does not significantly influence government delivery of educational services. From the findings, the researchers recommended that government should endeavour to entrench the right bureaucratic and administrative culture through constant training and retraining/orientation for civil servants.