The school principals' leadership styles in low-performing secondary school in Bintulu district / Caroline Cathy Nubun

The study was conducted to explore the principals' leadership styles in lowperforming secondary schools in Bintulu district, Sarawak. 100 respondents who were the teachers in the secondary schools involved in this study as the sample. The questionnaire used was adopted from the instrument Lead...

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Main Author: Nubun, Caroline Cathy
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14316/
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description The study was conducted to explore the principals' leadership styles in lowperforming secondary schools in Bintulu district, Sarawak. 100 respondents who were the teachers in the secondary schools involved in this study as the sample. The questionnaire used was adopted from the instrument Leadership Behavioral Description Questionnaire (LBDQ XII) by Hemphill and Coon (1957) then revised by House (1974). The quantitative data was being analyzed by using SPSS version 16. From this study, it was found that the principal practiced more on the style of initiating structure compared to consideration. The findings revealed that there was significance difference between male and female teachers on the principals' leaderships styles. In addition, the study shown that there was a significant difference between novice teachers and experienced teachers. However, there was no significance difference between one and two sessions of schooling. Lastly, the study revealed that the principals' leadership styles in low-performing secondary schools in their management.
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spelling uitm-143162016-07-22T05:47:45Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14316/ The school principals' leadership styles in low-performing secondary school in Bintulu district / Caroline Cathy Nubun Nubun, Caroline Cathy Malaysia Sarawak (Malaysia) The study was conducted to explore the principals' leadership styles in lowperforming secondary schools in Bintulu district, Sarawak. 100 respondents who were the teachers in the secondary schools involved in this study as the sample. The questionnaire used was adopted from the instrument Leadership Behavioral Description Questionnaire (LBDQ XII) by Hemphill and Coon (1957) then revised by House (1974). The quantitative data was being analyzed by using SPSS version 16. From this study, it was found that the principal practiced more on the style of initiating structure compared to consideration. The findings revealed that there was significance difference between male and female teachers on the principals' leaderships styles. In addition, the study shown that there was a significant difference between novice teachers and experienced teachers. However, there was no significance difference between one and two sessions of schooling. Lastly, the study revealed that the principals' leadership styles in low-performing secondary schools in their management. 2013 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14316/1/TM_CAROLINE%20CATHY%20NUBUN%20ED%2013_5.pdf Nubun, Caroline Cathy (2013) The school principals' leadership styles in low-performing secondary school in Bintulu district / Caroline Cathy Nubun. (2013) Masters thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
spellingShingle Malaysia
Sarawak (Malaysia)
Nubun, Caroline Cathy
The school principals' leadership styles in low-performing secondary school in Bintulu district / Caroline Cathy Nubun
title The school principals' leadership styles in low-performing secondary school in Bintulu district / Caroline Cathy Nubun
title_full The school principals' leadership styles in low-performing secondary school in Bintulu district / Caroline Cathy Nubun
title_fullStr The school principals' leadership styles in low-performing secondary school in Bintulu district / Caroline Cathy Nubun
title_full_unstemmed The school principals' leadership styles in low-performing secondary school in Bintulu district / Caroline Cathy Nubun
title_short The school principals' leadership styles in low-performing secondary school in Bintulu district / Caroline Cathy Nubun
title_sort school principals' leadership styles in low-performing secondary school in bintulu district / caroline cathy nubun
topic Malaysia
Sarawak (Malaysia)
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14316/