Perceived Servant Leadership Style of Principals Correlates with Job Satisfaction of Secondary School Teachers in Pakistan

Servant leadership is a type of leadership that encourages people to work together. A leader intends to help the institution's personnel favorably. The school leader interacts with teachers and administrative staff as a collegial friend rather than a boss and tries to make things as easy as pos...

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Published inInternational Journal of Educational Leadership and Management Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 62 - 89
Main Authors Ahmad, Saghir, Batool, Ayesha, Abdullah, Nauman Ahmed
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hipatia Press 01.01.2023
Subjects
Correlation
Foreign Countries
Job Satisfaction
Leadership Styles
Principals
Secondary School Teachers
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Characteristics
Pakistan
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Summary:Servant leadership is a type of leadership that encourages people to work together. A leader intends to help the institution's personnel favorably. The school leader interacts with teachers and administrative staff as a collegial friend rather than a boss and tries to make things as easy as possible for them. The major goal of this study was to see if there was a correlation between servant leadership and job satisfaction among secondary school teachers in Pakistani settings. The study's participants were male and female public sector secondary school teachers from the districts of Lahore and Kasur, of Punjab province, Pakistan. The sample was chosen using a stratified random sampling technique. A total of 510 teachers participated in the study as a sample. In this study, adapted questionnaires with responses measured on a five-point Likert type scale was used. Both variables, perceived servant leadership style of principals and work satisfaction of teachers showed a strong association. Further sub-factors correlations showed significant results. It is proposed that school principals adopt a servant leadership style as it would be more beneficial for them to ease and comfort the school employees that might improve the institutional performance.