Abstract:
The main objective of this swdy was to assess the relationship betweet: principals'
leadership style and teachers' perceived organizational commi/1111:111 m Estie \VorPda
.'geJ1eraf primary schools. Vala was collected from 10 schools and J J J paniripants were
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also included. Data wao collected rhro11gh questionnaires. Du1<1 were analyzed mean.
standard deviation and peursons' product moment correlation. Mean and stondan!
deviation were used to determine the level oftransactional a111J trausformanona! leadership
and organizational commitment, and pearson product moment correlation wa.~ u.rnd TO
examine the relationship between transactional/transformational leadership styles witl:
teachers' orgonitutiona! co111mi1111e111 The major findings (Jj' the >lutly include' teachers in
J..'.m'c- W(Jreda /11;1•e low level (lj organizatlona! commitment, bot« transactional a111l
transformational Ieadershlp s1yks are practiced below the expected level bur uunsocsional
leadership is higher than transformauonai leadership, transformational leadership .wyfe
was positiveiy correlated were a1 transuctional leadership wyte wa.r neg(llivei)' correkued.
Ha.l\fi 011 th« fi11di111:. conclusions are drown and recommendations are also forwarded.