Lectures’ Perception of Transformational Leadership Capacities of Head of Departments and Job Performance in the Faculty of Education in Nigeria Universities

The purpose of the study was to find out lectures' perception of transformational leadership capacities of heads of department and job performance, in the Faculty of Education in Ebonyi State University. A research question and a hypothesis guided the study. The study design was a survey design. The population sample consisted 125 lecturers and heads of departments in the 7departments. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire titled 'Transformational Leadership Capacities and Lecturers Job Performance Questionnaire (TLCLJP) with sufficient reliability of 0.75. Data collected were analyzed using statistical mean (x) standard deviation (SD) and PersonProduct Moment Correlation Statistics hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study indicated that lecturers'overall perception was on inspirational motivation, leadership capacities exhibited by heads of department in their transformational leadership characteristics. The study showed a significant positive relationship between transformational leadership capacity and lecturers job performance with particular reference to teaching and research work. The study recommended regular in-house leadership training, programming transformational leadership for HODs by the Faculty of education to improve on new trends in educational leadership and management.