International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences
Year : 2013, Volume : 3, Issue : 9
First page : ( 253) Last page : ( 260)
Online ISSN : 2249-5894.

Leadership behaviour of principals at secondary level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Dr. Shahzad Saqib, Dr. Ghazi Safder Rehman, Dr. Hussain Muhammad Athar, Amin Muhammad

Online published on 21 November, 2013.

Abstract

Principals’ leadership behavior plays an important role in transforming societies through the best performance of their teachers. This study was focused on the investigation of leadership behavior of principals at secondary school level in southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The survey research design was used. The study determines leadership behavior of secondary school principals as perceived by teachers. The study was delimited to Southern Districts of Khyber Pakhtukhwa, Pakistan and to the government boys’ Secondary Schools. The population of this study was comprised all teachers of government boys’ Secondary Schools of Southern Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Multistage random sampling technique was used, from the population four districts i.e. Kohat, Karak, Bannu and LakkiMarwat were selected randomly and then from each district ten schools and from each school ten teachers were selected randomly and thus the sample was stood 400 teachers of 40 Secondary Schools. The data was collected through a questionnaire developed by the researcher. The collected data was analyzed using Mean and Standard deviation to provide answer to the research question. It was concluded that the perceived leadership behavior of principals was above average and was good according to the scale.

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Keywords

Perceived leadership behavior, Principal-Teacher relation, Principal integrity, Teachers’ job performance, expressed job performance, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

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