STUDY ON LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR OF THE SCHOOL TEACHERS IN SIVAGANGAI DISTRICT WITH RESPECT OF ASSURED DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES

DR. R. ANANDARASU; M. MOHAMMED ABDULLAH

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

STUDY ON LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR OF THE SCHOOL TEACHERS IN SIVAGANGAI DISTRICT WITH RESPECT OF ASSURED DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES

Dr. R. Anandarasu, M. Mohammed Abdullah

Abstract :

Leadership Behavior is a focused much more on the individual capability of the leader: Leadership Behavior is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential– (Ahmed, 2016). The main objectives of this study is to assess leadership behavior among prospective school teacher in Sivagangai District and to find out the significant influences if any on leadership behavior among prospective school teacher in relation with certain demographic variables. Descriptive Survey Method was used for data collection in this study. Leadership Behavior Descriptive Questionnaire (LBDQ) was used for data collection. The researcher has chosen Devakottai and Sivagangai educational districts under purposive sampling. The developed Leadership Behavior Descriptive Questionnaire (LBDQ) of the present investigation was administered to the sample of 600 high and higher secondary school teachers. There is no significant difference on leadership behavior of teachers in Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools with reference to gender, qualification, subject designation, to experience, marital status and residence. There is significant difference on leadership behavior of teachers in Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools with reference to gender. The teachers of spouses those who are working as other employees (4.051) are better in leadership behavior than spouses of working as teachers (3.939). R2 value indicates that the school type and work of the spouse of the work of the teachers explains positively 2.1 % and 3.2% of the variance in percentage with respect to Leadership Behaviour of teachers in Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools.