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Type :Article
Subject :LB Theory and practice of education
ISSN :2232-0032/eISSN 0128-0481
Main Author :Norlia Mat Norwani
Additional Authors :
  • Ibrahim Tamby Chek
  • Abdul Rahman Ahmad
Title :Principals’ leadership styles, students’ motivation and academic achievement in Malaysian secondary schools
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Place of Production :Tanjong Malim
Publisher :Fakulti Pengurusan dan Ekonomi
Year of Publication :2012
Notes :Vol. 2 (2012): Journal of Contemporary Issues and Thought (JCIT)
Corporate Name :Perpustakaan Tuanku Bainun
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Abstract : Perpustakaan Tuanku Bainun
Principals_ management and leadership were perceived as the main factors to ensure school effectiveness and had significant impact on students, not directly but indirectly. The purpose of this study was to assess relationship between leadership styles of principals_ and students_ motivation levels with academic achievements of students in secondary schools in the Serian district of Sarawak. A questionnaire that contained 41 items was used to collect data from 302 samples. The descriptive findings of the study showed that 48.4% of the samples lived in families consisting of six and more family members and 81.8% of the families had an average monthly income of less than RM1,000 which was within the national rural poverty level. Analyses conducted showed that the principals favored transactional and transformational leaderships with means of 17.93 and 17.82 respectively. The Pearson Correlation analyses showed there were significant relationships between principals_ leadership styles and students_ motivation, between principals_ leadership styles and students_ motivation, and between students_ motivation and academic performance. The researchers suggested that the Ministry of Education and school principals should emphasize on strengthening leadership aspects. Selection of new principals must ensure that the criterias used in the process fulfill the needs of today_s education systems. They must be exposed to trainings that emphasize on principals_ leadership and school management. Keywords Leadership, transformational, transactional, instructional, motivation.

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