RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS EDUCATORS’ PERCEIVED ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP STYLE AND THEIR JOB PERFORMANCE IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN TARABA STATE

Abstract

This study determined the relationship between business educators’ perceived administrative leadership style and their job performance in tertiary institutions in Taraba State. One research question guided the study and one null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlational survey design was adopted for the study and the population was 79 business educators in tertiary institutions in Taraba State. A structured questionnaire developed by the researchers and validated by experts was used for data collection. The measure of internal consistency method was used to test the reliability of the instrument and data analysis with Cronbach Alpha yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.82. Data collected from the study were analyzed with Pearson Product Moment Correlation for the research question and hypothesis using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The result showed that there was negative relationship between business educators’ perceived autocratic administrative leadership style and their job performance in tertiary institutions in Taraba State, however, the relationship was not significant. Based on the findings, it was concluded that applying the democratic style of leadership will lead to increased effectiveness and efficiency of business educators in the institutions. The researchers recommended that administrators should adopt the democratic leadership style more than autocratic leadership style to enhance business educators’ quality job performance which will lead to the achievement of the objectives of the programme in their institutions.

Keywords: Business educators, leadership, leadership style and job performance.