Head of department leadership styles, leadership behaviour and decision making on job satisfaction of university lecturers in North Eastern States of Nigeria

University education is essential for Nigeria to improve its human resources, socio-political and economic development. Apparently, quality of education depends on education leaders, particularly university lecturers. An effective head of department in a university will involve the lecturers in decision-making and help them to achieve their job satisfaction. Despite its importance, this idea is insufficiently discussed in universities in north eastern region of Nigeria. This thesis examines the relationship between head of department leadership styles, behaviour, decision-making styles and their possible use as indicators to predict lecturers’ job satisfaction in a specific context of federal universities in north eastern region of Nigeria. A quantitative research design was used in this thesis. Data were collected from 433 lecturers selected through stratified random sampling technique using a survey instrument. SPSS version 22 and Smart PLS 3 were used to analyze data. Result of the study shows a moderate level of lecturers’ job satisfaction. The results further revealed that the head of department leadership style, behaviour and decision making style are positive and significantly related to lecturers’ job satisfaction. Findings from this study revealed that, head of department leadership style, behaviour and decision making are paramount to lecturers’ job satisfaction. More emphasis should be laid on leadership style in terms of democratic leadership style as well as supportive behaviour and decision making style in the context of intuitive and rational decision making style. It is concluded that lecturers’ job satisfaction can be improved through head of department leadership style, behaviour and decision making style

Overcoming Challenges in Online Learning: Perspectives from Asia and Africa

This book examines four distinct areas of education that suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asian and African regions, and tackles the challenges and barriers that came as a result of the shift to online learning. Presenting perspectives from China, Malaysia, Nigeria, and the UAE, chapters frame research within the context of innovation experiences to explore transformative learning theory, and set out the ways in which leaders, educators, students, and parents adapted to learning during the pandemic. Foregrounding four central topics (challenges and barriers; teaching and learning; assessment; educational technology; and interactive learning environments), the volume provides globally relevant findings and implications for the effects of the pandemic on learning in these regions, and furthers the field of educational technology more broadly. Topics covered range from teaching and leading in the online learning environment to educational technology and the interactive learning space. Sharing innovative experiences to aid progression and share best practice for online learning moving forward, the book will be highly relevant to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of higher education, online and eLearning, and technology in education

Challenges of principal leadership styles and school management: a solution oriented approach

This study explored principals’ leadership styles in the management of unity schools in Nigeria.Specifically, the work focused at knowing the challenges as well as solutions to leadership styles of unity schools principals.This becomes necessary in view of the needs for improvement in unity school management which has become a top priority for government education reform in Nigeria.Meanwhile, in spite of these challenges and complains trailing the management of these schools in the last one decade, little research has been done examining both the reasons and solutions especially from the perspectives of the main administrator of these schools.To achieve this is through in-depth interviews with 10 principals of unity schools selected purposively in North Central Nigeria, this study has discovered that apart from the leadership styles of the principals, government policy which failed to involve the school principals is challenge to smooth school management.Interview data were analyzed thematically using NVivo 10 Qualitative Software. Findings suggested that principals’ leadership styles should be all encompassing to give recognition to the roles of parents, staff and students, while the government should increase funding to schools in view of their national importance to the unity and stability of Nigeria