Social Work for Black, Ethnic, and Minorities Children

 
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Abstract
Many organisations are facing challenges to engage, to drive quality of work, to improve
performance of their employees. One of the key answers to these challenges is to develop
leadership effectiveness. Many studies have found positive relationship between leadership
and engagement. Much of evidence on the studies of engagement pointed out engaged staff is
better committed to the organisational goals and mission. They are less likely to suffer from
poor heath, they tend to be more motivated and show high level of engagement and
performance. It seems however that many school’s principals and leadership teams have not
considered their styles of leadership as determinants of teachers’ job engagement and
performance in their schools. This study evaluates the style of leadership followed by the
principal and leadership team of a school whose Ofsted ranking dropped to 3 in 2014 from
Ofsted rating 1 in 2011. This study emphasises that transformational leadership style is best
suited for school leadership by providing evidence using survey and Focus groups among
teachers and other staff. Finally the study also presents recommendations for the leadership
team to integrate transformational leadership practices in teachers’ engagement to enhance
performance of teachers and educational outcome for students. 
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Research Background ............................................................................................... 3
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 3
Significance of the Study ....................................................................................................... 5
Statement of the problem ....................................................................................................... 5
Purpose of the Study .............................................................................................................. 6
Research Questions ................................................................................................................ 7
Research Hypothesis .............................................................................................................. 7
Chapter 2: Literature Review ................................................................................................. 8
Chapter Overview .................................................................................................................. 8
Conceptual Framework on Impact of Leadership Styles on staff Engagement and Student
Learning. ................................................................................................................................ 8
The Concept of Leadership .................................................................................................... 9
The Evolution of Leadership Theories .................................................................................. 9
The Trait approach ............................................................................................................ 9
The Behavioural approach .............................................................................................. 10
The Contingency approach .............................................................................................. 10
The Concept of Employee Engagement .............................................................................. 10
Leadership and Engagement ................................................................................................ 11
Leadership in Education ...................................................................................................... 13
Transformational Leadership Style.................................................................................. 15
Transactional Leadership Style ....................................................................................... 16
Laissez-Faire Leadership Style ........................................................................................ 16
Behaviours of a Transformational Teacher ..................................................................... 17
The Benefits of Transformational Leadership in Education ............................................ 18
Chapter 3: Research Methodology........................................................................................... 21
Chapter Overview ................................................................................................................ 21
Research Design................................................................................................................... 21
Target Population ................................................................................................................. 21
Sampling Techniques and Sample Size .................................