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VARIATION IN LEADERSHIP STYLES BASED ON GENDER AND SCHOOL SYSTEM IN BALTISTAN REGION OF GILGITBALTISTAN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-II).16      10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-II).16      Published : Jun 2021

Variation in Leadership Styles Based on Gender and School System in Baltistan Region of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Abstract

    Previous studies show divided views on how female-school-leadership styles differ from their male counterparts in both public and private schools. This survey designed research employed a structured questionnaire to collect data from one hundred (120) headteachers (63 male, 57 female) about their leadership styles practices from elementary schools of the Baltistan region. Schools were selected through stratified (public/private) random sampling from the four districts of Baltistan. Both descriptive and inferential statistical tools were used to analyze data. A statistically significant difference between male (M= 3.131, SD = .896) and females (Mean = 3.667, SD=.922) was found with respect to situational leadership only. Public schools principals practiced more autocratic styles as compared to private school principals. Female school principals were more democratic in both private as well as public schools than male principals. Situational leadership styles were more in practice across gender and the school system.

    Educational Leadership, School Leadership, School Principals, Autocratic Leadership Styles, Democratic Leadership Styles, Situational Leadership Style

    (1) Kamal Ud Din
    Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Development, Karakoram International University, Gilgit Balitstan, Pakistan.
    (2) Zaheer Abbas
    M. Phil Scholar, Department of Educational Development, Karakoram International University, Gilgit Balitstan, Pakistan.
    (3) Musarrat Habib
    Assistant Professor, University of Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    OXFORD : Din, Kamal Ud, Abbas, Zaheer, and Habib, Musarrat (2021), "Variation in Leadership Styles Based on Gender and School System in Baltistan Region of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan", Global Educational Studies Review, VI (II), 162-173

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    TURABIAN : Din, Kamal Ud, Zaheer Abbas, and Musarrat Habib. "Variation in Leadership Styles Based on Gender and School System in Baltistan Region of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review VI, no. II (2021): 162-173. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-II).16