A study of the Iloilo public elementary school teachers’ morale in relation to the different administrative styles at the point of measurement

Abstract

This is a study conducted by one of the two members of a team working on separate problems involving teacher morale. The objective of this study was to:

1. Determine, if any, the agreement of the administrators’ self-evaluation with their respective teachers’ judgments as to the administrative styles used by the administrators.

2. Identify the prevalent administrative leadership style of the public elementary school administrators in the first and fourth congressional districts in the province of Iloilo.

3. Ascertain the type of administrative leadership styles used by the school administrators in relation to the different major elements of the administrative process and the interpersonal relationship. 4. Find out the relation of the Iloilo Public Elementary School teachers’ morale to the different administrative styles used by the public elementary school administrators.

The investigator used the normative survey in determining the typical administrative leadership practices. The sample administrators were 115 public elementary school head teachers and principals. From each of the 115 participating schools, the majority of the teachers was determined to judge the administrative styles used by the 115 administrators. A total of 680 teachers constituted the sample: forty-six teachers were under the autocratic administrators; 596 teachers were under the democratic, and thirty-eight were under the laissez-faire.