Abstract: The present study is to investigate the leadership styles of high school principals in relation to work motivation of staff. The sample consisted of the Government and private high schools of Moga District of Punjab, the selection of 25 schools from the urban and rural area were made. Five permanent teachers of class XI and XII with more than two years of experience in the same school were selected. The data was collected with the help of the Leadership Questionnaire for Principal the Leadership Style by Sinha (1983) andthe Work Motivation Questionnaire by Agarwal (2006) was used. The data obtained were analysed statistically with the help of Mean, SD, t-ratio, ANOVA and correlation to arrive at the following conclusions: Principal leadership is a crucial factor which directly controls the institutional quality and educational standard of any educational enterprise. The Principal's vision for the educational development and student learning is to be transacted majorly through the teachers. A Principal's function involves working with human beings as a starting point (incoming students), human beings as processing entities (teachers) and human beings as the end products (outgoing students). The parent fraternity as a benefactor and the management as the resource a provider are also human beings that the Principal interacts with. Thus the Principal's role expectedly is impactful through its leadership style and is a key motivating factor for the staff directly and students, parents and management indirectly. This is confirmed in this study. However, the further contrary findings through the study confirm that the Principal genders, backgrounds and leadership styles have an insignificant influence on overall Work Motivation of staff. Nor does the Institution type, girls or boys school type or location of the Institution have any influence on work motivation of the staff. The study of the leadership style of Principal in light of its effect on staff motivation is a significant indicator which shows the success of any educational system in providing appropriate talented leadership and thereby motivation for staff to deliver the best education.
Keywords: Leadership Style, Principal, Work Motivation, High School Teacher.
Title: LEADERSHIP STYLES OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN RELATION TO WORK MOTIVATION OF STAFF
Author: Dr. Radhika Visalam Krishnamoorthy, Dr Ram Mehar
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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