Abstract:
This study sought to ascertain the type of leadership skills among heads of
department and the satisfaction levels of faculty members in Cape Coast
Polytechnic using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) and the
Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) The study also sought to establish
the relationship between transformational leadership style of heads of department
and job satisfaction of faculty members of the institution. The simple random
sampling technique was adopted to sample both departments and faculty
members. Nine departments and forty-five faculty members, fifteen from each
school, took part in the study. Analysis was quantitative utilizing the Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. Both descriptive statistics and the
Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation statistical tools were employed in the
analysis. The study showed that Heads of Departments in the institution exhibit
transformational leadership (33.3 percent), transactional leadership (34.0 percent)
and laisser-faire leadership (33.7 percent) styles while all faculty members were
satisfied with their jobs (mean = 2.75; SD = 0.628). The study also showed that
there is a strong and positive correlation between transformational leadership of
heads of department and faculty-member job satisfaction (r = 0.595; ρ = 0.005). It
is recommended that policy makers in collaboration with the Human Resource
Department of the institution should organize programmes that will equip
department heads with transformational and transactional leadership principles.
