Leadership Styles for Empowering Supreme Student Organization at Senior High School in Tuy

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In a Senior High School in Tuy, the Supreme Student Organization represents and leads the student body. The study explored the different leadership styles and their contributions to being an effective leader.

METHODS

A descriptive design was used. Surveys were distributed to student and school leaders. Thirty students composed of SSG members and faculty with leadership experience at Senior High School in Tuy responded to a set of questionnaires. The Ritcher scale was utilized to assess the most effective leadership style. The "Leadership Styles" (Laissez-Faire Style, Democratic, and Autocratic) data were collected through quantitative analysis of its Empowerment to the SSG. The frequency distribution and weighted mean were the statistical treatment used for quantitative analysis of the data gathered.

RESULTS

Many of the Student leaders who answered the questionnaire found that Autocratic is the least effective and Democratic the most effective which were established from 1) Contributions of these leadership styles to empowering members or SSG and 2) Implications of inexperience, inadequate unity, and poor leadership Style to leadership. Development of Perspective and views were deemed important for effective leadership. Furthermore, poor leadership style attributes focused on initiative, inexperience,and communication with a slim difference in beneficiary capacity. Freedom of speech and expression was a common criterion for the leaders.

DISCUSSIONS

The results demonstrated the need for a democratic style in leadership and rarely, autocratic style to empower SSG; each style has its advantages depending on the situation. Leadership style appropriateness may contribute to SSG empowerment. The effectiveness of SSG empowerment is determined through leadership styles.