A Comparative Study of Teachers’ Perceptions Towards Principal Transformational Leadership Styles According to Their Demographics at Basic Education High School Mobye, Myanmar

Abstract

This study utilized a quantitative and comparative methodology in order to compare teachers’ perceptions towards principal’s transformational leadership styles according to their demographics encompassing gender, age, grade level currently teaching and years of teaching experience at Basic Education High School Mobye, Myanmar. The methodology here embraced a population of 65 grade 1 to 11 full-time teachers from basic education high school Mobye, Myanmar. The questionnaires were distributed to 65 teachers in order to identify the teacher’s demographic factors and their level of perceptions towards principal’s transformational leadership styles. The data collected from this study was analyzed utilizing Descriptive Statistics (Frequency & Percentage, Mean and Standard Deviation), Independent Sample t-test and One-Way ANOVA. Even though, no significant differences were found in any demographic factors, the researcher observed a number of interesting demographic factors that had links to job-operations and also the recommendations given by the researcher based on the findings, which could help the growth of the school. In order to conduct this study in the future, it was recommended that the teachers share their genuine opinions and perspectives about their profession and make agreements based on their past experiences and perceptions as suggested by previous researchers.