PRINCIPALS LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR INFLUENCE ON SCHOOL PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF HAWASSA CITY ADMINISTRATION, SIDAMA REGIONAL STAT

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the principals’ leadership behavior and school performance in secondary schools of Hawassa City Public Secondary Schools. Correlation research design was employed to explain the existing relationship between principal leadership behavior and school performance. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. The populations of this study were all secondary schools in Hawassa City. The sample of this study was (82 school leaders, 158 teachers, 44 student representatives, 30 PTSA and 6 Supervisor). The sample schools were selected using purposive sampling technique. Used sampling techniques were, simple random and availability for students, teachers and school leaders respectively. The collected data were analyzed using frequency, mean, percentage and Pearson’s Correlation to test the relationship between principals’ leadership behavior and school performance. The finding of the study showed that there is a strong relationship between participative principals’ leadership behavior and school performance because of the coefficient of Pearson’s correlation is a positive 73.3%. Conclusion of the study showed that the level of the school is not improved, hence the behavior of school leaders is not improved; Finally the researcher recommends that Principals not have to be rigid on their conditioned leadership behavior unless it is not successful in improving the performance of the school; they have to be within full rang transformational leadership who are skilled with setting the goal of the school with stake ideal influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individual consideration to sustain the improvement of the performance of the school which is the target goal of the education sector.