Managements’ Leadership Style and Early Childhood Education (ECE) Teachers’ Attitude to Work in Offa Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated managements’ leadership style and ECE teachers’ attitude to work in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. Causal-comparative design of the correlation type was adopted. The population comprised all teachers in preschool and lower primary schools in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. Simple random sampling technique was used to draw a sample of 200 teachers from 20 schools selected. Two self-developed instruments used for data collection were “Managements’ Leadership Styles Rating Scale” and “Teachers’ Attitude to Work Scale” with reliability coefficient of 0.81 and 0.73 respectively. The data collected were analyzed with descriptive statistics, T-test and Analysis of Variance. Leadership style had significant influence on teachers’ attitude to work and democratic leadership style produced better attitude to work among teachers. Therefore, it was recommended that school managers should employ appropriate leadership style to encourage better work attitude and excellent performance among their teachers. Also, they should regularly receive more leadership training to update their knowledge on leadership for improved management and relationship with the teachers.