Leadership behaviour, administrative ethics and education service delivery in government schools :

Abstract

The study investigated the role of leadership behavior and administrative ethics in effective education service delivery in Namayingo district local government in Uganda. The main objective of the study was to examine the impact of Leadership behaviour and administrative ethics on education service delivery in Namayingo district local government in Uganda. The specific objectives were; (i) to examine the relationship between task-oriented leadership behavior and education service delivery in Namayingo district local government in Uganda; (ii) to analyze the relationship between change-oriented leadership behaviour and education service delivery in Namayingo district local government in Uganda; (iii) to determine the relationship between commitment leadership behavior and education service delivery in Namayingo district local government; and (iv) to examine the mediation effect of administrative ethics in the relationship between leadership behavior and education service delivery in Namayingo district local government in Uganda. The study indicated that; (i) there is a significant relationship between task-oriented leadership behavior and education service delivery; (ii) there is a significant relationship between change-oriented leadership behaviour and education service delivery; (iii) there is a positively significant relationship between commitment leadership behavior and education service delivery; and the study findings also indicated that administrative ethics partially mediates the relationship between leadership behavior and education service delivery. Based on the study findings therefore, it was recommended that local governments and education institutions should ensure that leaders, administrators and directors adhere to good leadership behavior traits, and adopt proper administrative ethics in terms of fairness, accountability, honest and equity to enhance quality education service delivery.