Leadership

This study investigated the effectiveness of school leadership styles in promoting learning outcomes: a case study of public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. To achieve the purpose of the study, four research questions were raised and examined. The sample size was made up of 120 respondents. The questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. An analysis of data was done using mean and standard deviation. The findings from the study include that transformational, charismatic, transactional school leadership style significantly promotes learning outcomes in public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. It was concluded that there is a significant relationship between school leadership styles and students’ learning outcomes in public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. The study recommended among others that secondary school principals should avoid the use of autocratic leadership and embrace transformational and charismatic leadership style.

Education has been seen as the primary tenet of both social and economic advancement. Globally, the educational landscape is continuously evolving, reforming, and changing. The education of the future generation takes place in vital institutions, and school administrators have a great deal of responsibility for these establishments. Parental excellence in their children's education is one of their main priorities. Indeed, parents are prepared to shell out cash for their kids' optimal education—paying for tuition, purchasing reference materials, and using computers and the internet for educational purposes (Ibrahim et al., 2017). The standard of leadership required to oversee and run the schools in order to produce a quality generation is extremely high (Diaz, 2018). A school's ability to advance is frequently correlated with its administrators, and the leadership of the teaching and learning environment is crucial to student learning.

This study examined the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness among medical doctors in selected hospitals in Benin City, Edo State. Specifically, it aimed to investigate the impact of relationship management on leadership effectiveness; determine the extent to which self-motivation influences leadership effectiveness; examine the impact of empathy on leadership effectiveness; investigate the relationship between self-awareness and leadership effectiveness; assess how self-regulation affects leadership effectiveness; and examine the relationship between demographic factors (gender, age, years of medical practice, educational qualification) and emotional intelligence. By exploring these dimensions, the research seeks to provide empirical insights into how emotional competencies impact leadership effectiveness among medical doctors, thereby enhancing effective healthcare leadership. A survey research design was employed to facilitate a rigorous and in-depth examination of medical professionals' emotional intelligence and their effectiveness as leaders within the selected hospitals. The study population comprised of one thousand four hundred and forty- nine (1449) medical doctors (consultants, resident doctors, medical officers, and house officers) employed at two selected hospitals in Benin City, Edo State, the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) and Edo Specialist Hospital. Primary data for this study were collected through the administration of structured questionnaires to a sample of medical doctors at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) and Edo Specialist Hospital (ESH) in Benin City, Edo State through direct, in-person distribution measuring constructs related to relationship management, self-motivation, empathy, self-awareness, and selfregulation using a 5- point Likert scale with options ranging from strong agreement (SA) through a neutral zone (Undecided = U) to strong disagreement (SD). The data were analysed using both descriptive statistics (frequency distributions, percentages, means, and standard deviations) and inferential statistics (correlation and regression analysis) via SPSS version 24 at a 5% significance threshold.This study examined the relationship between emotional intelligence and leadership effectiveness among medical doctors in selected hospitals in Benin City, Edo State. Specifically, it aimed to investigate the impact of relationship management on leadership effectiveness; determine the extent to which self-motivation influences leadership effectiveness; examine the impact of empathy on leadership effectiveness; investigate the relationship between self-awareness and leadership effectiveness; assess how self-regulation affects leadership effectiveness; and examine the relationship between demographic factors (gender, age, years of medical practice, educational qualification) and emotional intelligence. By exploring these dimensions, the research seeks to provide empirical insights into how emotional competencies impact leadership effectiveness among medical doctors, thereby enhancing effective healthcare leadership. A survey research design was employed to facilitate a rigorous and in-depth examination of medical professionals' emotional intelligence and their effectiveness as leaders within the selected hospitals. The study population comprised of one thousand four hundred and forty- nine (1449) medical doctors (consultants, resident doctors, medical officers, and house officers) employed at two selected hospitals in Benin City, Edo State, the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) and Edo Specialist Hospital. Primary data for this study were collected through the administration of structured questionnaires to a sample of medical doctors at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) and Edo Specialist Hospital (ESH) in Benin City, Edo State through direct, in-person distribution measuring constructs related to relationship management, self-motivation, empathy, self-awareness, and selfregulation using a 5- point Likert scale with options ranging from strong agreement (SA) through a neutral zone (Undecided = U) to strong disagreement (SD). The data were analysed using both descriptive statistics (frequency distributions, percentages, means, and standard deviations) and inferential statistics (correlation and regression analysis) via SPSS version 24 at a 5% significance threshold.