Analyzing gender difference in leadership styles and behaviour of heads of schools in Tanzania

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorDady, Ntide P.
dc.contributor.authorBali, Theodora A. L.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-23T11:43:34Z
dc.date.available2023-05-23T11:43:34Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionAbstract. Full text article available at https://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/RHSS/article/view/12499en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study made a comparative analysis of leadership styles and behavior of male and female heads of primary schools in Kasulu District, Tanzania. One hundred and ninety participants were sampled purposively and randomly from 22 public primary schools. A multi-method data collection strategy including interviews, questionnaire and documentary analysis, was deployed. The data collected were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The descriptive statistics used included frequency tables, charts, mean scores, and t-test. Overall, results revealed that, participative, democratic, team management and authoritative leadership styles were deployed by both male and female heads of schools in running primary schools. Similarities and differences were observed in terms of frequency and manner in which those leadership styles were used by male and female school heads. Moreover, both male and female heads of schools were found with the same amount of task-oriented leadership behavior. However, female heads of schools showed more task-oriented leadership behavior than male heads. The study thus recommends addressing the situation of gender imbalance in schools' leadership so as to utilize the revealed leadership talents and skills of female heads of schools as it has been done for male school heads.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDady, N. P., & Bali, A. L.T. (2014). Analyzing gender difference in leadership styles and behaviour of heads of schools in Tanzania. Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(9), 156-165.en_US
dc.identifier.otherURL: https://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/RHSS/article/view/12499
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3854
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIISTEen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectLeadership stylesen_US
dc.subjectLeadershipen_US
dc.subjectBehavioren_US
dc.subjectSchoolen_US
dc.subjectSchool leadershipen_US
dc.subjectPrimary school headsen_US
dc.titleAnalyzing gender difference in leadership styles and behaviour of heads of schools in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Ntide P. Dady, Theodora A.L. Bali.pdf
Size:
110.88 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Journal Articles