Leader behavior of elementary school principals perceived and preferred by teachers in the province of North Cotabato

Abstract

Statement of the Problem This study attempts to measure the Elementary School Principals’ leader behavior as perceived and preferred by the teachers during the school year 1981-1982, in the eleven districts of North Cotabato. This research study seeks to answer the following specific questions: 1. Is there any significant difference between the leader behavior of each elementary school principal as perceived by his own teachers and the leader behavior preferred by them? 2. Is there a significant difference between the task-orientation mean score and the mean of the person- orientation score of each principal, as preferred by the teachers? 3. Is there a significant difference between the mean of the scores of task oriented and the moan of the scores of person-oriented leader behavior of the principals as perceived by the teachers? 4. On the basis of the perception of teachers of what are task-oriented and person-oriented leader behaviors which principals can be typologized as (a) high in both dimensions, (b) low in both dimensions, (c) high in task- oriented leader behavior and low in person-oriented ones, (d) low in task-oriented leader behavior and high in person-oriented ones, and (e) middle-of-the-road? 5. Are such variables as (a) age, (b) marital status, (c) length of service under present administrator, and (d) educational attainment of teachers, associated with the (1) teachers perception of leader behavior in their principals? (2) teacher's preference of leader behavior in their principals?