Transformational Leadership in Colleges of Education in Ghana: Teachers’ Perspectives

Abstract

This study looked at the leadership attributes of principals of the colleges of education in Ghana from the tutors’ perspective measured through a descriptive survey. The accessible population was made up of all the 1,528 teachers and vice principals in the colleges. Data was collected from 253 colleges of education tutors from 15 public colleges of education in Ghana by using an adapted version of Avolio and Bass’s Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ). The results from the study showed that generally principals in colleges of education demonstrated the transformational leadership trait. However, on the attribute of ‘idealized influence,’ respondents indicated that their principals practiced it the least. It is recommended that responsible bodies (for example, National Council for Tertiary Education [NCTE]) in charge of training principals in Ghana should include in their training programmes an aspect on the ‘idealized influence’ attribute of transformational leadership.

Keywords: Transformational leadership trait, Colleges of education, Tutors, Attributes, Teaching efficacy, Job satisfaction