Leadership Styles of School Heads in Relation to the Job Satisfaction of Teachers

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study aimed to identify the leadership styles of school heads in relation to the job satisfaction of intermediate teachers of Buhi District Sector 1, School Year 2016-2017.

METHODS

The descriptive-evaluative-inferential-correlational method of research with documentary analysis was utilized.

RESULTS

The Leadership Styles of School Heads as perceived by themselves and the Intermediate Teachers was generally "democratic-participative", 67.50%; "laissez-faire" 20.00%, and "humanist", 12.50%. The Test of Significant Difference on the Leadership Styles of School Heads among the Different Types of Schools using Wilcoxon Mann Whitney U test resulted in a Z of 15.679 with the associated probability of z 0.00003 (p<0.001). The null hypothesis was rejected. The Job Satisfaction of Teachers among the Different Types of Schools as perceived by themselves was "Much Satisfied": Qualitative Job Standards, (4.20); Workload and Pressure, (3.57); Considerations of Immediate Supervisor, (3.90); Professional Growth, (3.76); Relationship with School Head, (3.53); and Relationship with Co-Teachers, (4.32). The Test of Significant Agreement on the Rank Orders of teachers' Job Satisfaction among the Teachers in the Different Types of Schools using Kendall Coefficient of Concordance W and the computed X2 yielded to: qualitative job standards, 0.75 with 47.25 (p<0.001); workload and pressure, 0.84 with 45.36 (p<0.001); consideration of immediate supervisors, 0.71 with 14.91 (p<0.05); professional growth, 0.90 with 13.50 (p<0.025); relationship with school head, 0.82 with 12.30 (p<0.05); and relationship with co-teachers, 0.34 with 8.16 (p>0.05). The test of Significant Relationship between the Leadership Styles of School Heads and the Teachers' Job Satisfaction using Spearman Rho correlation coefficient yielded to 0.89474 with the computed t value obtained from the t-test for correlation analysis of 8.0140 (p<0.001).

DISCUSSIONS

The leadership style of school heads as evaluated by themselves and by their teacher were more of a democratic-participative style. There is a highly significant difference between the leadership styles as perceived by the school heads and their teachers. There is a highly significant agreement among the rank orders of teachers' job satisfaction in the different types of schools. There is a highly significant relationship between the leadership style of school heads and the job satisfaction of their teachers.