scholarly journals A Review of Leadership: Different Leadership Theories and Styles Relevant to Education Leadership

2021 ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
Poorna Perera ◽  
Thanuja Witharana ◽  
Prabath Withanage
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Education Leadership ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Published Research

This academic investigation on education leadership theories and styles sought to investigate the effect of different leadership styles practicing in educational organizations and their impact on overall performance of the organization. A summarized overview of the meaning of leadership is followed by an elaborated enquiry on different leadership theories and styles. This study followed a qualitative research approaches where secondary research data from previously published research articles will be integrated and interpreted. This article validates that identification and application of proper leadership theory and style is crucial in educational organization success. Knowledge on range of effective leadership approach offers the prospect to further refine the existing school leadership by accepting and employing the basic principles and styles of those. Based on the available reliable literature, this theoretical study concludes that understanding the most suitable leadership style or the combination of leadership styles is crucial in achieving common goal attainment which is ultimately result in organizational/ school overall success.

scholarly journals Impact of Educational Leadership Styles on Job Teachers Stress

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Ferit Hysa
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Education Leadership ◽  
Effective School ◽  
Organizational Theories ◽  
The Right ◽  
Contemporary Education

During the school management, it is very important to have an effective school but more important is to use the right styles according to health safety and high outcomes. The leadership is a wide concept in general way and a specific one according to the education and school too. The tradition of school leadership is new in Albania. The education leadership in the new Albanian context request establishing of school leadership. The knowledge and application of contemporary education leadership it is obligatory for improvement and raising effectively to Albanian school. This study is focus in the influence of educational leadership styles in the job teachers stress and satisfaction. The research question is: what is the best and right education leadership style need to be applied in Albanian school. The research method is a quantities and qualitative way through the questionnaires, semi and structures interviews. The conclusion is that no all the educational leadership styles that are effective ones, are the right educational leadership styles. This conclusion brings the need to be selected the educational organizational theories for an effective school through the right educational leadership styles.

scholarly journals Your leadership style: why understanding yourself matters

BMJ Leader ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 165-167
Author(s):  
Clare Felicity Jane Price-Dowd
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Effective Leadership ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Inclusive Leadership ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
Personal Leadership

Understanding of personal leadership style has been shown to be a key part of effective leadership practice. It has been a topic of interest for many decades as we have tried to understand, and replicate, what makes those considered to be ‘great leaders’ so successful. This article gives a brief introduction to different leadership ‘theories’, leadership ‘styles’ and the effect they have on the ‘climate’ in organisations. Having an understanding of the different approaches can help leaders be more effective through comprehending how and why they do what they do, as well as helping them identify where and when they need to adapt their style. By considering how our understanding of leadership has evolved, it is possible to show how effective leadership is not linked to one approach. It is a combination of knowledge, attitudes and behaviours with a focus on both the task in hand and concern for those undertaking that task. Furthermore this understanding supports impactful personal development, which creates positive climates in organisations where compassionate and inclusive leadership behaviours can, and do result in better outcomes for staff and patients.

Research-Based Leadership for Next-Generation Leaders

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-39
Author(s):  
Peggy M. Delmas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Effective Leaders ◽  
Emerging Leadership ◽  
Organizational Needs

This chapter uses a leadership typology to review categories of traditional and emerging leadership theories and styles. Those theories and styles that have particular application or extensive research in the areas of education, change, problem solving, decision making, and organizational culture are emphasized. Strategies for increasing leader self-awareness, matching leadership styles and organizational needs, and improving problem solving and decision making are provided. The aim of this chapter is to give a clear and comprehensive overview of the array of leadership styles and theories grounded in research. The intent is to help practitioners working in education be more effective leaders by providing a comprehensive theory base to guide their actions, and to help them utilize the leadership style(s) most appropriate for their organization.

Gender, school leadership and teachers’ motivations

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1395-1410
Author(s):  
Asmahan Massry-Herzallah ◽  
Khalid Arar
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Education System ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Teacher Relationships ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Arab Education

Purpose The research investigates perceptions of teachers in the Arab education system in Israel concerning the effect of their principal’s leadership and gender on their motivation. Relying on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions as an analytic tool to understand the Arab school, the purpose of this paper is to answer the following research questions: first, how do the teachers perceive the leadership style and gender of their principal and what influence do these perceptions have on their motivation? Second, what are the influences of the different dimensions of culture described by Hofstede on the teachers’ motivation? Design/methodology/approach To answer these questions, 18 teachers from different schools in the Arab education system (10 female and 8 male) were interviewed. Findings The research revealed three themes which describe the teachers’ perceptions of their principals’ leadership styles with consideration of the principals’ gender: the principals’ involvement and sharing of school operations and decision making with the teachers; the extent of autonomy given to teachers; and establishment of principal–teacher relationships. Originality/value The paper concludes with implications of these leadership styles for teachers’ motivation for work, and suggestions are given to improve Arab principals’ practices and thus to enhance teachers’ motivation.

scholarly journals Approaches, Skills and Styles of Leadership Required in Educational Organizations

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Nwakpa
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Performance Level ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Low Performance ◽  
Good Leader

Leadership entails active choices among alternatives, and the development of subordinates and mobilizing them to get the job done. A good leader is one who is capable of persuading others to move enthusiastically towards the achievement of goals. What is normally expected from employees is that they work with total zeal and determination but this is not always the case. Without good leadership style, the performance level of subordinates will be poor, which also lead to the organizational low performance and productivity. The objective of this paper therefore, is to examine the various leadership styles, approaches, skill and impact of leadership style in the organization. In carrying out this research, the secondary sources of information and data were utilized. Data were elicited from various text books, journals, news papers etc. It was discovered that participative style of leadership is more embracing as it is capable of influencing subordinates towards higher performance and that acquisition of leadership skills is very important far any leader to lead well in organization. It is recommended amongst others, that there should be cordial relationship between leaders and subordinates. It also added that merit award should be established in organizations, so as to spur subordinates to put in their best.

scholarly journals PENGARUH GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN KEPALA SEKOLAH TERHADAP KEMAJUAN SEKOLAH

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rezky Suci Ramadhona
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Managerial Leadership ◽  
Positive Leadership ◽  
Referent Power ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Expert Power ◽  
Legitimate Power

Leadership in education is a key of effective learning process. An appropriate leadership will improve the service and quality of school. Leadership is relate to someone influences others behavior for a purpose. Leadership closely connected to power. It can be divided into five categories; 1. Expert power; 2. Legitimate power; 3. Referent power; 4. Reward power; 5. Coercive power. Besides of its relation to power, leadership also connected with characters. Many research have done to identify characters related to leadership. Indonesia faces various problems in education, one of it is how weak the principal's ability to manage the school that is related to the principal's leadership style. headmasters should apply leadership styles in schools. Some appropriate leadership styles are applied by the headmaster consisting of (1) managerial leadership, (2) transformational leadership, (3) transactional leadership, (4) instructional leadership and (5) positive leadership. Therefore, the headmaster not only applies a leadership style while managing the school but must be able to combine and contextualize leadership styles based on the need to obtain school goals.

scholarly journals A Review of Ethical Leadership and Other Ethics- Related Leadership Theories

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (29) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Israr Ahmad ◽  
Yongqiang Gao ◽  
Shafei Moiz Hali
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Leadership Studies ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Leadership Ethics ◽  
Mainstream Media

The role of ethics in leadership studies is very important for organizations. Leadership without ethics and integrity can be harmful both for the organizational stakeholders and society. The high-profiled scandals and the leadership involvement in unethical activities caused increase attention of the scholars and mainstream media in the leadership ethics (Hartog, 2015). This resulted a growing research in the field of ethical leadership behavior. For this reason, the present study review ethics-related leadership including ethical leadership and other ethic-related leadership theories to better understand the importance of the ethics and morality in these leadership constructs. This study also presented a comprehensive review on ethical leadership and its similarities and differences with other related leadership styles. Another focus of this study was to present the definitions of each leadership style and their scales, and to establish that how ethical leadership is distinct from each leadership style. Future directions and conclusion are presented in the last of the paper.

scholarly journals Leadership in a school context: how leadership styles are associated with leadership outcomes

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-170
Author(s):  
Hasan Hariri ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Principal Leadership ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
School Context ◽  
The Body ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Demographic Questionnaire ◽  
Principal Leadership Styles

Purpose: This paper aims at examining how principal leadership styles are associated with leadership outcomes in an Indonesian school context. Research Methodology: Survey data were collected using MLQ 5X-Short and a demographic questionnaire completed by 475 teachers in 36 junior high schools in the Province of Lampung, Indonesia. With the help of SPSS version 22, the collected data were initially analyzed using descriptive statistics and then Pearson product-moment correlation. Results: Results show that transformational and transactional leadership styles are positively and significantly associated with the leadership outcomes, but the laissez-faire leadership style is negatively and significantly associated with the leadership outcomes. Limitations: This paper used a quantitative research approach and is acknowledged for being limited to using the survey questionnaire so that it could not explain why and how principal leadership styles affect such leadership outcomes. Contribution: This paper theoretically and practically contributes to the body of knowledge, particularly concerning leadership styles and their outcomes. Keywords: School leadership, Leadership outcomes, Principal, teacher

scholarly journals The effect of leadership on organisational commitment: A meta-analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 554-564
Author(s):  
Adem Cilek
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Random Effect Model ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Publication Type ◽  
Effect Model ◽  
Leadership Behaviour

This research aims to investigate the effects of leadership behaviour of school principals on teachers’ organisational commitment in Turkey. The method of meta-analysis is used to calculate the effects size of leadership on teachers’ organisational commitment. Besides this, leadership style, publication type and publication year are used as moderators in order to explain variation in effect sizes. The analysis results of the random effect model showed that leadership has a very strong and positive effect on teachers’ organisational commitment. Particularly, supporting, democratic and transformational leadership styles affect organisational commitment of teachers more than other leadership approaches. However, except leadership styles, the other moderators chosen for the research are not a powerful determinant of the relationship between school leadership and organisational commitment. Keywords: Leadership, organisational commitment, meta-analysis.

CULTURE, LEADERSHIP-STYLES AND STRESS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF JAPANESE AND AMERICAN JOINT VENTURES IN INDONESIA

1999 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 127-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. D. J. GROTENHUIS ◽  
J. A. NEUIJEN ◽  
C. DWIATMADJA
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Joint Ventures ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Management Style ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
Japanese Management ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
As Effects

This exploratory study examined differences between Japanese- and American joint ventures in Indonesia in relation to culture. Especially leadership-styles and stress are examined as effects of differences in national cultures. It was expected that the Japanese management-style would better fit in with the expectations of Indonesian workers and that the level of stress experienced by Indonesian workers would subsequently be lower in these Japanese/Indonesian joint-ventures, compared to the American/Indonesian joint-ventures in our study. In decision making we expected the Japanese managers to focus more on consensus, which would result in a more 'human-oriented' leadership-style. American managers on the other hand would be more 'task-oriented' as a result of their focus on goal-attainment. Result indicate that the leadership-style of Japanese managers fits in better with the expectations of Indonesian workers than do the leadership-styles of American managers. However, we found that both Japanese and Indonesian managers are more human-oriented than American managers and more task-oriented as well. They simply seem to be more active than the American managers. Indonesian employees managed by American managers experienced less stress than Indonesian employees managed by Japanese or Indonesian managers.

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