Exploring Teachers' Perspectives on Effective Leadership Styles at Secondary Level in Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract

This research explored the teachers' perspective on the effective leadership style of public secondary school head-teachers of District Korangi Karachi. Leadership is important in every aspect of life, including in schools. This was a simple descriptive survey research. The target population consists of all District Korangi, Karachi, Pakistan secondary school teachers. The quantitative method was used in this study to collect data from teachers. A leadership-style questionnaire for teachers was used to collect data. The responses of teachers were quantified as Strongly Agree =5, Agree=4, Have no opinion=3, Disagree=2 and strongly disagree=1. Using stratifies random sampling, 140 secondary school teachers were selected, including 77 male and 63 female teachers from public sector secondary schools. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, including mean, standard deviation, frequency, percentage, independent sample t-test, and one-way ANOVA in SPSS version 22. According to the results, the teachers showed that the democratic leadership style was the most effective style of leadership, which enhanced the motivation of teachers' motivation, suggested that more attention should be focused on enhancing awareness about different leadership styles to enhance their motivation and student performance at the secondary level.

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