Key Leadership Styles and Perception Differences Among Sabah Rural School Principals

This study aims to examine the leadership style practiced by principals in rural schools in Sabah. A quantitative approach by using a survey method was used to obtain responses from the sample. The sample of this study involved 56 principals, which is the entire population of principals in rural schools in Sabah. Four principal leadership styles which are human resource, symbolic, political and structural were measured by using instruments adapted from Leadership Orientations (Self) by Bolmen and Deal, (1999; 2003). Principals' leadership styles were measured to observe the leadership styles t... Mehr ...