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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HEAD TEACHERS SERVANT LEADERSHIP STYLE AND THEIR SELF EFFICACY

34 Pages : 389-396

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).34      10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).34      Published : Mar 2023

Relationship between Elementary School Head Teachers' Servant Leadership Style and their Self Efficacy

    This quantitative study has been conducted to investigate the relationship between Elementary School Head Teachers' servant leadership style and their Self-Efficacy. The School heads (both males & females) working in the Public Elementary Schools of the District Lahore were the targeted population for this study. The sample of 312 head teachers was taken conveniently from the population. The head teachers' servant leadership styles and their Self-Efficacy were measured with the help of a close-ended questionnaire developed by the researcher(s). This was a five-point Likert rating scale comprised of 24 items for the Servant Leadership style and 19 items for Self-Efficacy. The collected data have been analyzed with the help of Pearson's r. It was concluded based on the results that a statistically significantly strong positive effect of Head Teachers' Servant Leadership Style was found on their Self-
    Efficacy.

    Elementary School, Head Teachers, Servant Leadership, Self-Efficacy
    (1) Abid Ali
    PhD Scholar, Division of Education, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Iqra Hameed
    M.Phil. Scholar, Division of Education, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Shumaila Nizam
    M.Phil. Scholar, Division of Education, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Ali, A., Hameed, I., & Nizam, S. (2023). Relationship between Elementary School Head Teachers' Servant Leadership Style and their Self Efficacy. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII(I), 389-396. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).34
    CHICAGO : Ali, Abid, Iqra Hameed, and Shumaila Nizam. 2023. "Relationship between Elementary School Head Teachers' Servant Leadership Style and their Self Efficacy." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (I): 389-396 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).34
    HARVARD : ALI, A., HAMEED, I. & NIZAM, S. 2023. Relationship between Elementary School Head Teachers' Servant Leadership Style and their Self Efficacy. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII, 389-396.
    MHRA : Ali, Abid, Iqra Hameed, and Shumaila Nizam. 2023. "Relationship between Elementary School Head Teachers' Servant Leadership Style and their Self Efficacy." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII: 389-396
    MLA : Ali, Abid, Iqra Hameed, and Shumaila Nizam. "Relationship between Elementary School Head Teachers' Servant Leadership Style and their Self Efficacy." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII.I (2023): 389-396 Print.
    OXFORD : Ali, Abid, Hameed, Iqra, and Nizam, Shumaila (2023), "Relationship between Elementary School Head Teachers' Servant Leadership Style and their Self Efficacy", Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (I), 389-396
    TURABIAN : Ali, Abid, Iqra Hameed, and Shumaila Nizam. "Relationship between Elementary School Head Teachers' Servant Leadership Style and their Self Efficacy." Global Educational Studies Review VIII, no. I (2023): 389-396. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).34