A Comparative Analysis On Leadership Qualities Of School Principals İn China, Malaysia & India

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Year-Number: 2012-Volume 4, Issue 3
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Leadership of School Principal can be better rated by teachers as teachers are the followers. This study explores the rating of leadership qualities of school principals in China, Malaysia and India by their teachers. Hundred teachers each from these three countries participated in study. Self developed questionnaire titled ‘Attributes of My Principal’ was used as research instrument. This questionnaire comprises of eight dimensions and forty items. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 17 to compute Mean and Standard deviation to rate principals. Further T -test and one way ANOVA were performed to find significance difference in rating of principals by teachers on basis of gender, tenure and nationalities. No significant difference was observed in any inferential analysis. The principals were rated to be having excellent capacities in all eight dimensions of leadership qualities.

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Abstract

Leadership of School Principal can be better rated by teachers as teachers are the followers. This study explores the rating of leadership qualities of school principals in China, Malaysia and India by their teachers. Hundred teachers each from these three countries participated in study. Self developed questionnaire titled ‘Attributes of My Principal’ was used as research instrument. This questionnaire comprises of eight dimensions and forty items. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 17 to compute Mean and Standard deviation to rate principals. Further T -test and one way ANOVA were performed to find significance difference in rating of principals by teachers on basis of gender, tenure and nationalities. No significant difference was observed in any inferential analysis. The principals were rated to be having excellent capacities in all eight dimensions of leadership qualities.

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