Influence of Leadership Style on Teacher’s Job Productivity in Public Secondary Schools in Taraba State, Nigeria

The main aim of these study was to find out the appropriate leadership style that could make teachers to be effective in their job productivity, one hundred and sixty five teachers were used in the study, frequency counts, percentage and chi-square test were used in data analysis, research survey was used as a method of research and stratified proportionate random sampling as sampling techniques was for for the selection of respondents, questionnaires comprising twenty items were developed and administered to samples staff in some selected public secondary schools in Taraba state. It was found out that among the leadership style, democratic style contribute more to teachers job productivity than autocratic style as can be seen in rated items. Base on the findings, the following recommendations were made, that democratic leadership style should be emphasize by principals in the administration of schools, seminars and workshops should be conducted for teachers to update their knowledge