Atif Saleem
Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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The study intentions were to examine the correlation and impact of the
style of leadership of the principals on job performance of the teachers
of secondary school in private sector in Lahore district, Pakistan. It
is correlational study in terms of research design. The data was
collected from 106 principals and 543 teachers of secondary schools in
private sector in Lahore district through adapted instrument. The first
tool of the instrument “Principal Leadership Style Questioner (PLSQ)
had cronbach alphas of 0.834 for autocratic leadership sub-scale, 0.764
for democratic leadership sub-scale and 0.861 for laissez-faire
leadership sub-scale. The Second tool of the instrument “Teacher Job
Performance Questioner” (TJPQ) had Cronbach alpha of 0.816. The
research question and hypotheses were tested by using percentage,
multiple regression, Pearson correlation at the level of
p<0.05 significance. The statistics attesting 57.3% variation
in teachers’ job performance was due to mutual contribution of
principals’ autocratic leadership, democratic leadership and
laissez-faire leadership styles. The most commonly employed principals’
leadership style was autocratic leadership in secondary school in
private sector in the district. It had statistically significant and
strong positive impact on teachers’ performance in the studied area.
Whereas reciprocal impact in case of laissez-faire. The principal
suggestion was that the school principals should be trained to learn the
mixture usage of autocratic and democratic leadership styles wisely in
diverse situations and work settings in secondary schools in private
sector in the district Lahore, Pakistan.