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Title ANALYSIS OF TEACHERS’ LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR AMONG DIFFERENT FACULTIES AT HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL

Author(s) Haleema Batool

Abstract This study aimed to examine teachers’ leadership behavior at higher education level, to determine teachers’ leadership behaviour among different faculties at higher education level and to explore the differences in teachers’ leadership behavior based on demographic variables. Quantitative research approach and descriptive research design was used. The population of the current study was 170 university teachers from two universities of Gilgit Baltistan. Sample of the study was consisted of 118 university teachers which makes 69% of the target population. The four factor model of teacher leadership developed by Dehart and Angella, (2011) was used which has four dimensions of teachers leadership including Sharing Expertise, Sharing Leadership, Supra Practitioners and Principal Selection. Tool was adapted from Teacher Leadership Inventory of Angella and Dehart. Data was analyzed through SPSS by applying mean, t-test and ANOVA. The major finding of the results showed that the teachers agreed with the three dimensions , Sharing Leadership, Sharing Expertise and Principal Selection. But they were uncertain about the dimension Supra Practitioners. No significant difference in teachers’ leadership behavior was found on the basis of faculty, gender and university. But a significant difference was found in teachers’ leadership behavior on the basis of department, qualification, experience and age. It was concluded that teachers share same views about teachers’ leadership behavior with respect to gender, university and Faculty. The more qualified, more experienced and senior teachers have stronger sense of leadership behavior at higher education level. It is recommended that universities may conduct collaborative sessions, seminars and training in order to boost up teachers’ leadership behavior with respect to the dimension Supra Practitioners. It is also recommended that the senior , qualified and experienced teachers may work as a team with the novice and younger teachers in order to improve their leadership behavior.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

Faculty Social Sciences

Department Education

Language English

Publication Date 2022-12-06

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Description Teachers are also the educational leaders who has direct influence on the overall achievement of organization in term of students’ improvement and the attainment of organizational objectives. The leadership behavior of teachers is needed to explore in order to evaluate what is going inside the institution. Most of the researchers have examined the leadership style of teachers and its impacton students’ achievement and school improvement at school level. But the concept of teachers’ leadership is needed to be explored at higher educational level in order to develop understanding about what it meant to be teacher leader.