Do Employee-oriented and Task-oriented Leadership Behaviors of Secondary School Heads matter for their Teachers Job Satisfaction?

Abstract

The major purpose of this study was to identify the type of behavior leaders commonly use in secondary schools as well as the effect of that behavior on teachers’ job satisfaction. For having a clearer picture, there were two categories of behaviors investigated such as employee-centered behavior of leader and task-centered behavior of leadership. In this way, two different questionnaires ‘the Leadership behavior description questionnaire (LBDQ XII)’ and ‘teachers’ job satisfaction questionnaire (TJSQ)’ were adapted and distributed among teachers for knowing their perception. 200 participants were chosen from the area of Lahore by using the convenience sampling technique. The survey questionnaire has divided into three sections: one comprises demographic information, while the other two cover statements about leader behaviors and job satisfaction. With the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 21.0 IBM, the gathered data were scrutinized. Independent sample T.test and Pearson’s correlation tests were applied for attainment of results. With the help of computed data, it can be inferred that there is a substantial link between heads' employee-oriented and task-oriented leadership conduct and teachers' satisfaction regarding their jobs while task-oriented leadership behavior being the most common inside institutions.