Home⇛Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal⇛vol. 45 no. 1 (2025)

Leadership Style of School Heads in Relation to Personnel Job Satisfaction and School-Based Management of Level Practice: Basis for Program Enhancement

John Michael Alladin

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study aimed to determine the leadership style of school heads in terms of personnel job satisfaction and SchoolBased Management of level practice. The researcher utilized the descriptive method of research as an appropriate design. Specifically, the study employed the survey method. The respondents were the 319 secondary school personnel of the Division of Bacolod City, specifically 23 school heads, 253 teaching personnel, and 42 nonteaching personnel. Researcher-made questionnaires were used to determine the leadership styles of school heads and the personnel job satisfaction; in contrast, standardized questionnaires were used to assess the School-Based Management of level practice per school. The researcher used the percentage distribution as a statistical tool to determine the personnel’s profile and mean for the leadership style of school heads, personnel job satisfaction, and School-Based Management of level practice. Mann-Whitney U test was employed to determine if there is a significant difference in the level of leadership style of the school head and job satisfaction in terms of the profiles. Moreover, the Chi-Square Test and Gamma Coefficient were used to determine the relationship of the variables. The study results showed that the leadership style of school heads and personnel job satisfaction have no statistical difference against the personnel profile. Furthermore, the Leadership style of school heads, personnel job satisfaction, and School-Based Management of level practice have no statistical relationship with each other.



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