Democratic Leadership and Attitude towards Time Management of the Student Leaders

Jerald C Moneva,John Patrick M Pedrano

doi:10.5296/ijld.v10i1.16662

Abstract

Nowadays, lots of students involve themselves in leadership at school which include the class officers wherein they are also known as student leaders who lead democratically. However, while students are practicing democratic leadership at school, some are having a hard time in managing their time properly. Therefore, time management attitude is essential to the students and more importantly to those who are leaders at school. This study aims to determine the association between the level of democratic leadership and the level of time management attitude of the class officers. The data regarding democratic leadership and time management attitude were collected from a sample of 200 class officers from all grade levels in junior high school and senior high school department. With the 200 respondents who answered the survey, the findings of the study revealed that the level of democratic leadership is highly associated with the level of time management attitude. Thus, there is a significant relationship between the level of democratic leadership and the level of time management attitude. Overall, as the level of democratic leadership increases, the level of time management attitude also increases. The study suggests that student leaders like class officers and others should improve their time management attitude through seeking advices for best strategies and to explore more deeply on democratic leadership to be able to successfully apply it in school.

Highlights

A leader is a person who leads and influences people to achieve a certain goal and purpose
Lots of students involve themselves in leadership at school which include the class officers wherein they are known as student leaders who lead democratically
This study aims to determine the association between the level of democratic leadership and the level of time management attitude of the class officers

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Introduction

A leader is a person who leads and influences people to achieve a certain goal and purpose. They must possess qualities to become effective. A leader doesn’t only set direction and vision and uses management skills to guide his people to the right destination in a smooth and efficient way. There are six types of leadership styles named such as autocratic leadership, bureaucratic leadership, charismatic leadership, democratic/participative leadership, laissez-faire leadership, and transactional leadership (Amanchukwu, Stanley & Ololube, 2015). It is emphasized that democratic leadership was more effective for group performance among other leadership styles because the goals of a group are not imposed on the leader himself but are rather achieved by the group as a whole (Kavanagh, n.d.). Democratic leadership is found out to be the preferred strategy to attain the school improvement (Somech, 2005)

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