Abstract
This study identifies a number of charismatic leadership characteristics of school teachers in Sri Lanka. Since charisma is an instrumental asset in any work context, leaders’ charismatic characteristics can make extraordinary effects on follower toward mission accomplishment. In the teaching-learning context, teachers are viewed as great leaders that make magnificent transformations in the students. A teacher becomes the leader in the classroom as well and they are playing a significant role to build a culture of learning in the classroom that, finally everyone benefits. Therefore charismatic leadership characteristics in teachers as leaders can make the teaching-learning process more and more effective. This study followed a qualitative research approach, collecting data from interviewing twenty school teachers. It was reported that most of the school teachers are leaders with charismatic characteristics such as mission formulation for the students, unconditioned commitment towards the students’ accomplishments, trust on the students, taking personal risk in directing students, demonstration of unusual behaviors and emotional arousal through attractive communication. The implication of this study is imperative for teacher training and performance appraisals.Keywords: Teacher leadership, charismatic leadership, teaching-learning process, school teachers
Highlights
Several large-scale studies have shown that charisma is an invaluable asset in any work context—small or large, public or private, Western or Asian
Theories of charismatic leadership focused on the leaders to explain that they put greater expectations on followers through their charismatic characteristics and KINERJA Volume 23, No 2, 2019
If a teacher becomes the leader in the classroom, it helps to change the students’ sentiments so that teachers are playing a significant role to build a culture of learning in the classroom and, everyone benefits
Summary
Several large-scale studies have shown that charisma is an invaluable asset in any work context—small or large, public or private, Western or Asian. I assumed that most of the Sri Lankan school teachers are performing a leadership role by way of inspiring the students for achieving better learning accomplishments via building enthusiasm, commitment, and passion towards the educational mission of the students. Often, this happens due to the leadership of teachers, since teachers as leaders could be able to make a significant impact on the students' mindset and evoke powerful sentiments in the students (Leithwood, Louis, Anderson, & Wahlstrom, 2004). An analysis of the qualities of charismatic teachers will shed new light on the teaching process and provide the basis for new teacher training techniques for education
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