Leadership Behavior of Secondary School Heads in relation with School Performance

Abstract

School performance is largely dependent on the behavior of the leadership of heads and effective behavior yield better school results. The present endeavor was to examine the relationship of leadership behavior and academic achievements of secondary school students in terms of headmasters’ role in the promotion of academic performance. A descriptive-correlational survey design was used to test the null hypothesis. The behavior of school heads was assessed as per the views of teachers. A self-developed research tool i-e questionnaire was distributed to 225 secondary school teachers conveniently taken from 40 secondary schools. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS software. The results indicated that a positive relationship of learning behavior, facilitating behavior, and creating behavior with academic performance of schools was found except in influencing leadership behavior, a strong negative relationship has appeared. It implies that learning behavior, facilitating behavior, and creating the behavior of heads have a significant positive impact on the performance of schools.