TALEEMAT, Vol 17, No 1 (2019)

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Interplay between Leadership Styles and Effective Communication of Teachers at Higher Level

Quratul Ain Hina, Zawar Hussain

Abstract


The major objectives of the study were to assess the effect of leadership styles (Autocratic leadership style, Participative leadership style and Delegate leadership style) on effective communication of the teachers at higher level and to compare leadership styles/effective communication of the teachers at higher level on the basis of experience. The survey based descriptive research style was used for the study. The population of the research was based on 9421 teachers serving in the public sector universities of Islamabad. For the study 66 teachers were taken as sample through convenient sampling. Researcher personally visited to the teachers for data collection through the use of questionnaires. Leadership style questionnaire was developed on the basis of leadership styles presented by Kurt Lewin’s (1939) and was found reliable at 0.75. Questionnaire for effective communication was developed by the researcher and was based on 24 items. It was also found reliable at 0 .90. Data was statistically analyzed by using Reliability, Correlation, Regression and ANOVA test. The results shows that the leadership styles had 31% (**p <0.01)effect on effective communication (Autocratic leadership style = 22% (**p <0.01), Participative leadership style = 39% (**p <0.01)and Delegate leadership style =2%). However there was no statistically significant difference between employees on the basis of experience regarding leadership styles and effective communication. As the participative style was found highly effective for communication so it was recommended that the teachers need to be trained to involve the class in peer work and discussion. Further we need to develop an environment of trust between teachers and students for that there is a need of organizing social activities at university level to provide an informal platform to interact with each other and develop trust.

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