SCHOOL HEADS’ CREATIVE LEADERSHIP PRACTICES AND ACADEMIC STAFF PRODUCTIVITY IN PUBLIC COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH –WEST, NIGERIA

Idowu Joshua Jesuganji, S. A. Sule, O. A. Thomas, PhD

Abstract


This study investigated of school heads’ creative leadership practices and academic staff productivity in public Colleges of Education in South-West Nigeria. The study adopted a correlational survey research design. The population comprised 2,182 academic staff and 24,316 students from eight public Colleges of Education, from which 881 academic staff and 1,958 students were selected using Taro Yamane’s formula and a multi-stage sampling procedure. Data were collected using validated Creative Leadership Practices Questionnaire (α = 0.88) and Academic Staff Productivity Questionnaire (α = 0.78). Data were analysed using simple and multiple regression analyses at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that technology integration, reward management, and professional development practices each had a positive and statistically significant influence on academic staff productivity (p < .001). The study concluded that creative leadership practices are important for enhancing academic staff productivity in Colleges of Education. It recommended that school heads prioritise fair and performance-oriented reward practices, strengthen technology integration, and ensure that professional development programmes are relevant, needs-based, and aligned with the professional responsibilities of academic staff.


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Academic Staff Productivity, Creative Leadership Practices, Professional Development, Reward Management, Technology Integration

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