Abstract
This study aimed to: Identify the leadership style prevailing among public school principals in Hail from the teachers ’point of view, and to reveal the statistical significance of the differences in the estimates of the study sample individuals of the leadership style prevailing among school principals, which may due to variables of (educational stage, number of years of experience, and specialization). The researcher used the descriptive method, and prepared a questionnaire consisting of (24) statements distributed to (3) dimensions, which are: Democratic style, authoritarian style and chaotic style. The current study population included all the teachers of public education schools in Hail, who numbered (9390) teachers. The questionnaire was applied to a random sample of (296) teachers. The study found a set of results, the most important of which are: The prevailing leadership style among school principals is the democratic style, followed by the authoritarian style, and then the chaotic style. Where the democratic style obtained a mean (4.18) and a high degree of approval from the study sample, while the domineering style obtained a mean (1.83) and a low degree of approval from the study sample, and the chaotic style obtained an average (1.73) and a low degree of approval. Very members of the study sample. The results also showed that there are statistically significant differences in the degree of the study sample’s estimates of the leadership style prevailing among school principals due to the variable of years of experience, while there are no statistically significant differences in the degree of the study sample’s estimates of the leadership style prevailing among school principals due to the variables of the educational stage or specialization. In light of these results, the researcher recommended organizing training courses for school principals to enlighten them about the modern trends in educational leadership, and urged school principals to follow the democratic style of administration.
Highlights
The success of educational institutions in achieving their goals depends on the effectiveness of the leadership role in them
An effective leader is the one who can deal with all school employees in an effective manner, and provides a positive environment that encourages work, and coordinates the efforts of employees of all levels in order to achieve the goals and objectives of the school, and can To say that the school principal, by virtue of his work, is a leader entrusted with very important tasks, and the school's success in achieving these goals is linked to the leadership style that he follows, and his ability to provide positive human relationships within the school that contribute to improving the work environment
The leadership aims to woo the members of the group to cooperate in achieving the common goals that they agree on, and they interact together to achieve them in comfortable working conditions that encourage an increase in work and its high quality, and leadership is considered a means of development and progress towards achieving the lofty goals
Summary
The success of educational institutions in achieving their goals depends on the effectiveness of the leadership role in them. In light of the foregoing, the current study attempts to determine the prevailing leadership style among the principals of public education schools in Hail from the teachers' point of view. The Study Problem: The leadership styles followed by school principals have a great impact on the progress of the educational process in the school, positive or negative, and affect the performance of teachers. The results of this study are expected to contribute to providing school principals in Hail city with feedback on the process of self-evaluation of their administrative behavior in their dealings with teachers, so that positive leadership styles can be strengthened and negative patterns addressed. Yukl described Bass' (1985, 1990) transformational leadership as the leader's behaviour directed to elicit trust, loyalty, respect and admiration These feelings motivated followers to achieve more than they intended, and to subdue their own self-interest for the higher goals of the organisation. Skills approach to leadership Northouse (2013) explained that the skills approach focuses on the leader; in this case it concerns developing skills and knowledge for effective leadership, traits are part of this mix (table 1):
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