GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the prospects of transformational leadership behaviour in view of business educators in tertiary institutions in Akwa Ibom State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in Akwa Ibom State. The population of the study comprised all business educators in Akwa Ibom State tertiary institutions. Stratified sampling technique was used to select 50 business educators from University of Uyo, 30 from Akwa Ibom State University, 50 in Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic and 20 from College of Education giving a total of 150 respondents that constituted the sample size used for the study. The instrument titled “Prospects of Transformational Leadership Behaviour Questionnaire (PTLBQ)” was used to collect data from the respondents. Face and content validation of the instrument was carried out by expert in test, measurement and evaluation from University of Uyo to ensure that the instrument had accuracy and appropriateness. Cronbach Alpha technique was used to determine the level of reliability of the instrument. In this case the reliability coefficient obtained was 0.91 and this was high enough to justify the use of the instrument. The researcher subjected the data generated for this study to appropriate statistical techniques such as percentage analysis and descriptive statistics used in answering research questions while simple regression analysis was used in testing the hypothesis. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels. The study concluded that transformational leaders inspire and motivate employee workforce without micro managing; they trust trained employees to take authority over decisions in their assigned jobs. Therefore, organizational commitment is important for organizations because it is a good predictor of achievement of organizational goals, objectives and turnover. One of the recommendations made was that organization should see productivity gains when a transformational leader comes on board, because it is much easier to optimize performance when everyone is pulling in the same direction, as all people can see the big picture and feel united in a common cause.

KEYWORDS: Transformational Leadership, Business Educators, Tertiary Institutions and Akwa Ibom State