The Relationship Between Leadership Styles Demonstrated By School Heads And Students’ Academic Achievement In Community-Based Secondary Schools: A Case Of Musoma District

ABSTRACT

This study examined the relationship between leadership styles demonstrated by

school heads and students‟ academic achievement in community-based secondary

schools in Tanzania. The objectives of this study were: (1) To explore dominant

leadership style demonstrated by school heads in community-based secondary

schools in Tanzania.(2) To examine students‟ difference in academic achievement in

relation to leadership styles demonstrated by school heads in community-based

secondary schools.

The study involved 1809 participants who were randomly and purposively selected.

The study used structured questionnaires for data collection where by Pearson

Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) was used for data analysis. The study revealed

that democratic was the dominant leadership style demonstrated by school heads in

community-based secondary schools. However, the findings showed that there were

positive but insignificant and very weak correlations (r = .11, p< .56 and r = .05, p