Leadership Styles of Public Schools’ Heads in Punjab: A Teachers’ Perspective

Abstract

The major purpose of this study was to identify the leadership styles of secondary schools’ head teachers in Punjab, and compare them by gender, locality and nature of job. Punjab was divided into three zones to select 360 public secondary school teachers by equal proportion from each zone. Data was collected by using a self-constructed questionnaire on five-point rating scale. Collected data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics and t-test of independent samples. The study concluded that secondary school heads most frequently practiced democratic leadership style followed by authoritative leadership style and laissez-faire style. Significant difference was observed in male and female heads’ approach to use of authoritative and democratic leadership styles. The results reveal no significant difference in use of authoritative, democratic and laissez-faire leadership styles by rural and urban school heads. There was significant difference in the perceptions of permanent and contractual teachers of their heads’ leadership styles.