Principal’s Leadership Styles and Teacher’s Job Satisfaction: A Correlational Study at Secondary Level in District Peshawar

Abstract

The main purpose of this quantitative study is to identify and explore the relationship between principals self-perceived and teacher’s perceived leadership styles and teachers’ job satisfaction as perceived by secondary schools teacher in Peshawar. Correlation analysis results are based on quantitative survey data from a sample of 25 principals and 230 teachers from 30 secondary schools. The correlation tests between principal’s leadership styles i.e. transactional leadership style scores have a positive correlation with teacher’s job satisfaction or high job satisfaction while laissez-faire leadership style score has negative correlation with teacher job satisfaction or low job satisfaction. The study recommended that there is need for school administration to practice Transactional Leadership style to enhance the overall satisfaction of teachers