A STUDY OF LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
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Author(s):
ALKA RANI
Vol - 5, Issue- 2 ,
Page(s) : 396 - 405
(2014 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ
Abstract
The study examined the effects of gender, length of experience and age on the leadership behaviourof principals. A sample of 140 principals (92 males and 42 females) was randomly drawn from Senior Secondary Schools of Haryana. In order to fulfill the objectives of the study mean, standard deviation and t-test was used. The result showed gender does not affect the leadership behaviour of the principals. However, Length of experience and age significantly affect the leadership behaviour of the principals. It was found that more experienced principals showed effective leadership behaviour in compariosion to their less experienced counterparts. Principals belonging to higher age group also showed effective leadership behaviour.
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