LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 10 October 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

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A Comparative Study of the Leadership Styles of the Heads of Higher Education Institutions in Public and Private Sectors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Muhammad Qamar Ud Din, M.Phil. Education Scholar
Muhammad Naseer Ud Din, Ph.D.
Hafiz Inamullah, Ph.D.
Maqsood Ahmed, M.Phil. Education
Farzana Sardar


ABSTRACT

The overall purpose of this study was to investigate the leadership styles of the heads of higher education institutions in public and private sectors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Objectives of the study were to investigate the leadership styles of the heads of higher education institutions of public and private sectors and compare the leadership styles of the heads of higher education institutions of public and private sectors. Population of the study included all the principals and teachers of higher education institutions of both the sectors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. 40 principals (20 Public and 20 Private), 80 teachers (40 Public, 40 Private) were taken as sample of the study. The sample was taken from district Bannu, Kohat, Peshawar and Lakki Marwat. Researcher personally visited and administrated the questionnaires to the principals and teachers respectively. To achieve the objectives of the study two questionnaires A & B were developed:

Questionnaire A for principals and B for teachers containing 30 items, (01-30) i.e. (autocratic style 01-10, democratic style 11-20, laissez faire style 21-30). Data was collected, tabulated, analyzed and interpreted by using Mean, Standard Deviation and T-Test.

KEY WORDS: Leadership, Leadership Styles, Autocratic, Democratic, Laissez Faire, Public, Private, Heads

1. INTRODUCTION

Cheng (1996a) analyzed several definitions of leadership and narrated that it is a procedure which influences others and strives to set and achieve the goals of an organization. (Chibber, 2000) further stated that leadership is the power to decide on an action and the strength to see through it.


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Muhammad Naseer Ud Din, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Institute of Education & Research
Kohat University of Science & Technology
Kohat
Pakistan
naseer.kust@yahoo.com

Hafiz Inamullah, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institute of Education & Research
University of Peshawar
Pakistan
hafiz_inam@yahoo.com

Maqsood Ahmed, M.Phil. Education
Institute of Education & Research
Kohat University of Science & Technology
Kohat
Pakistan
maqsood517@yahoo.com

Farzana Sardar
District Education Officer
District Kohat
KPK
Pakistan
farzana_sardar@yahoo.com

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