1Benedicta Enid Mawuse Danku | 2John Engelbert Seddoh
Akatsi College of Education
Email: enid.dicta@gmail.com | jeseddoh2000@yahoo.com
Abstract
A leader who practices transformational leadership is a leader, who is concerned with having a good and friendly relation with staffs, treats them fairly and equitably, offers help, advice, and encourages their personal and professional development through their involvement in the decision-making process and is concerned with the achievement of a goal or vision set. The current study thus examined transformational leadership qualities of principals in the colleges of education in Ghana. As a result, the central question that was addressed was What is the transformational leadership qualities of principals in the colleges of education in Ghana. The survey research design was employed to obtain a picture of the level of principals’ transformational leadership and tutor commitment from colleges of education in Ghana. A mixed method strategy was employed to reach conclusions that are accurate, reliable and reproducible. The population of this study focused on tutors of Ola College of Education. Interviews, as well as questionnaires, were employed to collect the required data for this study. The main empirical findings of the study demonstrate that the principal’s transformational leadership constructs have a significant influence on the level of tutor commitment. Though the direction is largely positive, some of the variables had negative effects. The analysis also suggests that age and gender are essential moderators for the principal’s transformational leadership-commitment nexus.
Keywords: Transformational Leadership, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Style in Colleges