The relationship between leadership styles, emotional intelligence and staff performance in colleges of education in Adamawa State, Nigeria /

This study examines the impact of leadership styles and emotional intelligence of the staff members of local colleges in Nigeria. It aims at finding solution to some problems affecting performance of staffs in higher education institutions in Nigeria. The study utilized completed questionnaires by 3...

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Main Author: Danjuma, Haruna (Author)
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Kuala Lumpur : Kulliyyah of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia, 2017
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Summary:This study examines the impact of leadership styles and emotional intelligence of the staff members of local colleges in Nigeria. It aims at finding solution to some problems affecting performance of staffs in higher education institutions in Nigeria. The study utilized completed questionnaires by 302 staff members who were randomly selected from a pool of people from 1300 the Federal College of Education, Adamawa and Adamawa State College of Education, Hong, Nigeria. Statistical techniques employed in this study were descriptive statistics and inferential statistics using SPSS Version 21. The findings show that there is a significant relationship between democratic leadership style, autocratic leadership style, transformative leadership style, facilitative leadership style, leaders' emotional intelligence and members' performance in Colleges in Adamawa State. Therefore, in order to improve staff productivity and efficiency, there is a need for leaders to adopt all the above leadership styles so that they will understand their staffs' emotions and improve staff motivation in the workplace.
Physical Description:xvii, 124 leaves : illustrations ; 30cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (leaves 13-118).