A Study on the Impact of Principals’ Leadership Styles on Teachers’ Performance at the College Level in South Kerala

Abstract

In this paper, we analysed the leadership style of principals on the teacher work at college level in South Kerala. For this purpose, we
gather information on 385 college teachers through random sampling method. The data on a five-point Likert Scale self-administered
questionnaire were collected. data. To identify an association and differences in the views of the t-test and correlation were employed to
study the participants of their study. This study has disclosed that most of the college principals use a democratic form of leadership on
a more advanced level, Laissez-faire in the middle level and autocratic. in their colleges at a low level. Furthermore, it has been also
disclosed that as principals use more of a democratic leadership style, teacher performance can also be developing. The results showed
that the principals had their findings. the style of leadership influenced the performance of teachers positively. The experiment revealed
a significant statistically significant association between college. Leadership style of principals and teacher performance. Thus, the results
of this paper indicates that the leadership style should be embraced by college principals. depending on the levels of teachers. There
should be a change in the leadership style. in the colleges with particular circumstances.