Transformational Leadership and Teaching Efficiency of Selected Federal Universities in South West, Nigeria

Efficiency of Universities are seen as critical to knowledge advancement and progress of nations and the global community. Despite concerted efforts to strengthen their efficiency, Federal Universities have been greatly challenged due to poor teaching efficiency, graduate employability, research output, and institutional ranking. Existing literature has suggested that this could be as a result of transformational leadership. therefore, examined the effect of transformational leadership on the teaching efficiency of Federal Universities in South West, Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design. The population of this study comprised 5,430 Academic Staff members from four selected federal universities in South West, Nigeria. A sample size of 464 was determined using the research advisor's sample size table. A structured and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The Cronbachs alpha reliability coefficients of constructs ranged from 0.70 to 0.81. A response rate of 98.3 was recorded. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential multiple linear regression statistics. The findings revealed that transformational leadership had significant effect on the teaching efficiency of selected federal universities in South west Nigeria Adj. R2 = 0.429 F 5,450 = 69.287, p 0.05 . The study concluded that transformational leadership significantly influenced teaching efficiency. Given the result of this study, it is recommended that educational policymakers and university administrators prioritize leadership development programs focused on cultivating these qualities among academic leaders to improve teaching efficiency. Ozopelide, P. M. | Binuyo, A. O. | Akpa, V. O. "Transformational Leadership and Teaching Efficiency of Selected Federal Universities in South-West, Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-2 , April 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd64630.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/64630/transformational-leadership-and-teaching-efficiency-of-selected-federal-universities-in-southwest-nigeria/ozopelide-p-m