RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOUR OF SCHOOL HEADS AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

SUDHEEP A.S; Dr. NARAYANASWAMY M.

Volume : VI, Issue : III, March - 2016

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOUR OF SCHOOL HEADS AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Sudheep A. S, Dr. Narayanaswamy M.

Abstract :

The teacher is most important in the field of education and he/she is the main pillar in the process of education. Leadership and Teacher Commitment in education since the mid 1990s, the influence of leadership in the educational sector has been the center of many research studies. The role of a school head is considered as the foremost important person in ensuring the effectiveness of the school and efficiency in running the school. The purpose of this study is to find out the relationship of leadership behaviour with organizational commitment. The present study was chosen as descriptive survey method. The population of the study comprised of secondary school teachers working in government, private aided and unaided institutions of Bangalore city. The sample comprised 100 secondary school teachers selected by random sampling technique. The Multifactor Leadership Behaviour Questionnaire developed by Bass and Avolio (1995) was used to measure leadership behaviour/styles perceived by the teachers and Organizational Commitment Questionnaire by Allen and Meyer adapted and standardized by Dr. Thomas C. Mathew (2003) was used to measure the commitment of teachers. The Pearson’s Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation was used to find out the relationship between variables and ‘t’ test was used to find out the significant differences between the groups. The correlation result shows that there was a positive significant relationship between Leadership Behaviour and Organizational Commitment of secondary school teachers and that ‘t’ test result shows that teachers who have reported better organizational commitment had better leadership from their school heads. The male and female teachers had similar type of leadership behaviour/style. School principals must be supportive and motivated to staff members thereby enhancing the organizational commitment of teachers.