Effect of Leadership Attributes and Work Motivation on Job Performance among Secondary School Teachers

Abstract

Leadership attributes have integral contribution for the development of teachers’ job performance through motivation. The main objective of this research was to determine the effect of leadership attributes and work motivation on job performance. The study was quantitative based on correlational research design. The population was public secondary school teachers from Lahore while 274 participants were selected as sample through simple random sampling technique for this research. For data collection standardized instruments were administered through survey method. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the collected data according to the hypothesis of this research. The findings of the study indicated that there was moderate relationship of leadership attributes and work motivation with job performance of secondary school teachers. Moreover, it was revealed that leadership attributes and work motivation had significant effect on job performance. Furthermore, leadership attributes had more significant correlation and effect on job performance than work motivation. This study is beneficial for the heads, management staff and academicians to adopt innovative techniques and strategies for the enhancement of teaching-learning process.