Date of Award

1-1-2001

Thesis Type

Masters

Document Type

Thesis

Divisions

Faculty of Education

Department

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Institution

Universiti Malaya

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to look at the perceptions of teachers regarding the most dominant leadership styles practised by their principal. The leadership styles specified are based on the House 1 s Path Goal Theory which focuses on the supporting, directing, participation and achievement oriented dimensions. This study also aims to see whether there are differences in the perceptions of teachers towards the principal I s leadership styles based on gender, academic achievement, position, age, and teaching experience. The LBDQ questionnaire which has been altered and has 40 items based on the five-point @cert scale was used in the research of this study. The samples used were 140 teachers in three secondary schools in the district of Kota Setar, Kedah. There were five research hypotheses constructed in order to find the answers to the specified variants. Descriptive and inference statistics which involve the t-test and ANOV A were used to analyse data. The findings show that achievement oriented and supporting dimensions are the dominant leadership styles practised by the principals. This study also shows that there is a difference in the perceptions between the male and female teachers towards the leadership styles of their principal in the light of the supporting dimension. The other dimensions, however, do not show noticeable differences among the teachers towards their principals therefore, a few suggestions have been put forward in order to further upgrade the quality of the principal's leadership styles so that they can keep up with the current needs and environment towards the fanning of effective schools in the new millennium.

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Dissertation (M.A) -- Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya

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