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THE SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY APPLICATION IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).09      10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).09      Published : Mar 2023

The Situational Leadership Theory: Application in Educational Institutions of Pakistan

Abstract

    There is severe competition among educational institutions in Pakistan's public and private sectors as a result of the country's more dynamic educational environment. Using a descriptive methodology, we investigated the function of situational leaders and examined how the situational leadership style is relevant in Pakistan. We have concluded that educators place a high value on situational leadership because it allows the leader to adjust to the demands of the situation or environment. Situational leaders work and apply strategies in line with the demands of the situation, and they also help create new strategies that are appropriate for the circumstance. However, the most important element of the situational leadership approach is the capacity to adjust and be flexible in a particular scenario. Leadership in a given situation ought to be more able to adapt to both internal and external environmental variables. A leader must establish this equilibrium skillfully and successfully. A leader's ability to adjust to the current situation or scenario and meet the requirements of the team or the situation, rather than their skills, is the basis of this situational leadership style. These situational leaders need to be very adaptable.

    Leadership, Situational Leadership Theory, Leadership Styles, Contingencies Leadership Theory

    (1) Asmat Nawaz Khattak
    Assistant Professor, Institute of Management Sciences, Institute of Management Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Waqas A khan
    Fellow: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Hiroshima University, Japan.
    (3) Abdul Karim
    Assistant Professor, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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APA

    APA : Khattak, A. N., khan, W. A., & Karim, A. (2023). The Situational Leadership Theory: Application in Educational Institutions of Pakistan. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII(I), 93-100. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).09

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Khattak, Asmat Nawaz, Waqas A khan, and Abdul Karim. 2023. "The Situational Leadership Theory: Application in Educational Institutions of Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (I): 93-100 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).09

HARVARD

    HARVARD : KHATTAK, A. N., KHAN, W. A. & KARIM, A. 2023. The Situational Leadership Theory: Application in Educational Institutions of Pakistan. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII, 93-100.

MHRA

    MHRA : Khattak, Asmat Nawaz, Waqas A khan, and Abdul Karim. 2023. "The Situational Leadership Theory: Application in Educational Institutions of Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII: 93-100

MLA

    MLA : Khattak, Asmat Nawaz, Waqas A khan, and Abdul Karim. "The Situational Leadership Theory: Application in Educational Institutions of Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII.I (2023): 93-100 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Khattak, Asmat Nawaz, khan, Waqas A, and Karim, Abdul (2023), "The Situational Leadership Theory: Application in Educational Institutions of Pakistan", Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (I), 93-100

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Khattak, Asmat Nawaz, Waqas A khan, and Abdul Karim. "The Situational Leadership Theory: Application in Educational Institutions of Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review VIII, no. I (2023): 93-100. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).09