The Nature of Leadership Styles of Leaders in Selected Polytechnics in Ghana

This research was conducted on the nature of leadership styles of leaders in selected polytechnics in Ghana. The type of leadership styles and most dominant leadership style among the leaders was to be determined. The Goleman’s typology of leadership was adopted. A descriptive survey was conducted on five selected polytechnics sampled from the ten polytechnics. A sample of 214 leaders was drawn from a target population of 461 teaching and non-teaching staff placed on leadership positions in the polytechnics. Means, standard deviations and the Hotelling’s t-test was used to analyse the level of significance of the mean averages of the type of leadership styles used by the leaders. The most dominant leadership styles used by the leaders are the; coaching, pacesetting, democratic, and affiliative. The leaders thus need to use the right mix of styles to be able to elicit the work interest of team members to work to realise the strategic goals of the polytechnics. The polytechnics should train leaders on the right mix of leadership styles that would influence all the workers in the polytechnics to work to realise their strategic goals.