Administrative Style and Teachers’ Compliance in Selected Universal Secondary Education Schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda

The study sought to examine the relationship between administrative style and teachers’ compliance in selected Universal Secondary Education schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. These specific objectives of the study guided the study; i) To analyze the relationship between autocratic style and teachers’ compliance, ii) To analyze the relationship between democratic style and teachers’ compliance, and iii) To analyze the relationship between laissez-faire style and teachers’ compliance in selected Universal Secondary Education schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. The study revealed that autocratic style positively and significantly associates with teachers’ compliance in selected Universal Secondary Education schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. The study also revealed that democratic style positively and significantly associates with teachers’ compliance in selected Universal Secondary Education schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. Further, the study revealed that laissez-faire style positively and significantly associates with teachers’ compliance in selected Universal Secondary Education schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. Therefore, in conclusion, administrative style such as autocratic style, democratic style, and laissez-faire style has a positive and statistically significant relationship with teachers’ compliance in that an enhancement in the different administrative styles could resultantly lead to an improvement in teachers’ compliance in selected Universal Secondary Education schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda. The study recommends school administrators to effectively involve teachers in decision-making, policy formulation, and school planning activities, which increases ownership, trust, and voluntary compliance with administrative directives, resultantly leading to improvement in teachers’ compliance in Universal Secondary Education schools in Kampala Capital City, Uganda.