Education Leadership Styles Impact on Work Performance and Morale of Staff

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Stewart-Banks, B., Kuofie, M., Hakim, A., & Branch, R. (2015).

Education leadership styles impact on work performance and
morale of staff. Journal of Marketing & Management, 6(2), 87105.
Bessie Stewart-Banks -Argosy University-USA
Matthew Kuofie- Argosy University-USA
Amy Hakim- Argosy University-USA
Robert Branch- University of Phoenix, USA.
Scholarly Research Study Summary
This article discusses research conducted at a large school district in
northeastern Georgia to determine if educational leadership styles
impact work performance and staff morale.
This research looked at 5 components on the Leadership Practices
Inventory survey. These components are model the way, inspire shared
vision, challenge the process, enable others to act, and encourage the
heart. With the focus on student achievement, some principals
disregard and devalue school employees abilities and opinions (p. 89).
The teacher and support staff participants considered the leadership
style of principals as a contributing factor to the work performance of
school members (p.92). Teachers and support staff agreed that
leadership influenced staff morale (93). If the leaders of a school
exhibited the 5 components of leadership, the higher the staffs work
performance and morale (p.93). They found that communication,
relationships, and enjoyment of education contributed to the
commitment of school employees. Open-mindedness, approachability,
and knowledge were also seen as important characteristics for leaders
to have.

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This article brings attention to school leadership and how they can
negatively or positively affect the performance of a school because of
their leadership style.
This articles relates to my study because it discusses the importance of
leadership skills and staff morale. It also discusses the importance of
good communication which is a topic that kept coming up in my

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done and has not been done on school leadership and its effect on staff
morale and work performance.
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on perspectives pertaining to school leadership and staff work
performance and staff morale.
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