Leadership Practices of Principals of Colleges of Education and Their Influence on Job Satisfaction of Tutors in Ghana

Abstract

The role of Principals in colleges of education are very central to the success of these colleges. Based on a study with 184 tutors and eight (8) college principals who were sampled using proportionate stratified sampling, simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques, this study assesses the impact of leadership practices of Principals on job satisfaction levels of tutors in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The study showed that the most adopted leadership practice among the Principals was inspire a shared vision, with challenge the process being the least adopted practice. Besides, among the leadership practices, there was only a moderately positive correlation between inspire a shared vision leadership practice and job satisfaction levels. This means that increasing the level of adoption of this leadership practice will increase the job satisfaction levels of tutors. The study recommends that policy makers in collaboration with the Human Resource Department of the colleges should organize programmes that will equip Principals to inspire a shared vision.