Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Public Policy and Administration

Advisor

Marcel Kitissou

Abstract

The conduct of personnel in the military is important in maintaining professionalism. The traditional hierarchical level of interactions in the military environment imposes on commanders a critical role to balance their authority in shaping the attitudes of subordinates to achieve objectives. This study was conducted to address the lack of awareness of how commanders’ leadership styles influence the moral conduct of personnel in the Ghana Air Force. The theoretical framework for this study was Bass and Avolio’s full range leadership model. The research question focused on subordinates’ perceptions of operational commanders’ leadership on subordinates’ moral conduct. This non-experimental correlational design used convenience sampling with Bass and Avolio’s multifactor leadership questionnaire and Moore et al.’s eight-item scale on moral disengagement. An online questionnaire was used to collect data from 147 officers and noncommissioned officers below the rank of squadron leader from a selected Ghana Air Force base. Data were analyzed using linear regression and multivariate analysis of variance. The results indicated a significant correlation between leadership styles and conduct with no significant difference in the interaction between gender and rank status on leadership style and moral conduct. The findings of this study have potential implications for positive social change that include the opportunity to improve leadership practices in the Ghana Air Force and other state institutions.

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