An Assessment of the Leadership Styles of Master Teachers

Abstract

Servant leadership has been coined by Robert Greenleaf. He emphasizes that servant leaders yearn to serve and to serve first. This leadership style has been one of the most charismatic methods that most leaders in the organizations yearn to do. Most researchers have started to delve into the conceptual knowledge of servant leadership to create a theory about it. These studies have sprouted in different models that describe servant leadership using various constructs. This study aims to assess the servant leadership styles in public secondary schools in Pampanga Philippines. This research will help the school leaders in becoming more effective managers in the school. The study used a quantitative approach to research. The questionnaire used was an adopted instrument by R. C. Liden, S. J. Wayne, H. Zhao, and D. Henderson, 2008. The researcher made use of the online method via google docs to route the said questionnaire to the 100 respondents who were chosen by the purposive sampling technique. The respondents were selected public secondary school teachers in Pampanga, Philippines. There were 28 questions with a 7-point Likert scale. The data that were gathered were analyzed using the software IBM-SPSS version 23. The results showed that respondents strongly agreed on the constructs of emotional healing, creating values for community, conceptual skills and empowering as a common behavior of their leaders. It has a mean rating of 6.40. On the other hand, a mean rating of 6.00 or moderately agree was given to constructs such as helping subordinates grow and succeed, putting subordinates first and behaving ethically. The research highlighted that servant leadership can be practiced at all levels of management in the academe and most types of organizations. Within theory and practice of caring for others, servant leadership brings forth a repertoire of behaviors and traits that individuals can emulate in if they want to be servant leaders themselves. Further studies on other types of leadership are recommended with larger sample size and different locale or country. Using the results of the study can help better the leadership skills of the leaders in the educational landscape. Hence, replication of the study is highly encouraged to future researchers.