The Relationship of Leadership Style to Commitment: Choreographers and Student Dancers’ Perspective

Abstract

There have been numerous studies that were already conducted concerning the relationship between styles of leadership and commitment from various disciplines; however, there are only a few to no investigations performed regards to dance space. This present study aimed to determine the relationship between the leadership styles of choreographers and the commitment of student dancers from various Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on the entire island of Luzon in the Philippines. The gathering of data has been conducted via an online survey using LSQ and OCQ to 105 choreographers and 228 student dancers. The findings revealed that most of the choreographers apply the democratic leadership style; while the commitment level of student dancers is moderately high. Moreover, no relationship between the leadership style and commitment was observed which accepted the null hypothesis tested for this study. Based on the yielded results, leadership and management development programs are recommended to choreographers for them to be educated on what appropriate and effective leadership style they can practice, to heighten commitment and improve their relationship with student dancers. Additionally, programs to intensify the commitment of student dancers are highly suggested. Conducting a similar study is highly recommended to support or refute the findings of this research.