Abstract:
Leadership styles have been recognised to have immense impact on the
performance and growth of employees and invariably organisational
performances. However, in Ghana, students’ academic performances have been
declining and poor staff performances resulting from unclear leadership styles
have been found to be a major contributor. It is therefore relevant to examine
the influence of leadership styles on staff performance in Ghana focusing on
Berekum Senior High School. The study employed the quantitative approach
and causal research design due to its research objectives. The simple random
sampling technique was employed to solicit for information from 90 academic
staff of the school. However, data obtained from 89 respondents with a 98.89%
response rate were reliable and thus used for the study. Both descriptive and
inferential statistical tools such as frequencies, percentages, means, standard
deviations and linear regression were employed to analyse data obtained from
structured questionnaires. The study found that, democratic leadership style was
the most preferred leadership style of management. Also, the study found that
both transactional and transformational leadership styles had positive
significant influence on staff performance at the school. The study therefore
recommended that, management should continue to improve upon the
democratic leadership style by constantly ensuring representativeness or
organisational cohesion. It was also recommended that, policy makers in the
educational sector including management of Berekum Senior High School
should improve current policies geared towards employee development.
