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This article reports a study aiming to investigate the affect of leadership behaviour of secondary school leaders on the
academic achievement of the 10th grade students from public and private sector schools in Punjab, Pakistan. This study also
explored if there was any difference in affect of leadership behaviour of principals as described by them and as described by
the observers regarding students’ academic achievement. A survey was conducted using Leadership Practices Inventory Self
and Observers (LPI- Self & LPI-Observers). These inventories were comprised of 30 items separately. LPI-Self was served
over 64 secondary school leaders / principals and LPI-Observer was served over 128 secondary school teachers who were the
observers of the prevailing practices. Students’ achievement score was taken from the annual examination results declared by
the Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education. Regression Analysis was conducted to find out the effect of leadership
behaviour and t statistics was applied to find out any difference between both of the perceptions. Moreover, there was effect
of leadership behaviour of principals on students’ academic achievement but there was a significant difference between the
view point of the leaders and observers regarding this affect. A significant contrast between the observations regarding the
affect of leadership behaviour on students’ achievement as described by the principals themselves and as described by the
observers was noted.
Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah, Muahamad Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Amin , Uzma Quraishi. (2014) Effect of Leadership Behaviour of Principals on Students’ Academic Achievement at Secondary Level: A Comparison of the Leaders and Teachers Perceptions, Journal of Research and Reflections in Education, Volume 8, Issue 1.
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