HEAD LEADERSHIP STYLES AND THEIR IMPACT ON PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ MORALE: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY USING NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLING

Abstract

The study engrossed that how head teachers' leadership styles shake teachers' morale in government elementary schools. This study focused on teachers’ manipulation about morale in relation to the leadership practices at their schools and how they regarded the leadership style of their heads. Objectives were a) to define how head teachers' leadership affected government primary school teachers' morale. b) To ascertain how head teachers' leadership philosophies foster high morale among teachers in government elementary schools. The purpose of the study was to set which government primary school heads used democratic, authoritarian, or laissez-faire leadership styles. Purposive sampling method was used for information gathering. To know the leadership styles of school heads, a questionnaire assessing democratic, authoritarian, and laissez-faire leadership was produced. Research result showed that by means of democratic management there had a constructive impact on the morale of educators in, Mardan district.