PREDICTORS OF LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS

Khuda Bakhsh; Shafqat Hussain; Liaquat Hussain

Khuda Bakhsh Department of Education, GC University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Shafqat Hussain Department of Education, GC University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Liaquat Hussain Institute of Education & Research, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan

Keywords: Principal, Leadership, Self-confidence, Vigilance, Diligence, Integrity

Abstract

The study was designed to explore how well certain personality traits contribute to the leadership effectiveness of the college principals. A sample of fourteen hundreds senior most teachers of one hundred colleges participated in the study. The researcher developed a questionnaire to measure the personality traits and leadership effectiveness of the principals was measured by LPI (Leadership Practices Inventory). The collected data was entered into SPSS for data analysis. The strength of the each predictor of the principal effectiveness was found using regression analysis. The findings revealed that vigilance is the best predictor of principal’s leadership effectiveness followed by his humor orientation, self-confidence, integrity and diligence. The solid recommendations were made to make up the text parallel to my research questions.