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Role of Qualification and Experience of the College Principals and Directors in the Choice of Leadership Style-A Study on the Colleges of Punjab


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1 IKG PTU, Kapurthala, Punjab, India
2 GNIMT, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
     

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Every principal or Director of the college has distinct style of leadership. In present study transformational style of leadership was found to be most common style of leadership among the college Principals and Directors closely followed by transactional style. Laissez Faire was not a favourable style among college Principals and Directors as evidenced from the study. Leadership style was not found to be related to Qualification and Experience of the college principals.

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Leadership, Qualification, Experience, Transactional Style, Laissez Faire, Transformational Style, Principals, Directors.
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  • Role of Qualification and Experience of the College Principals and Directors in the Choice of Leadership Style-A Study on the Colleges of Punjab

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Authors

Rajan Sidhar
IKG PTU, Kapurthala, Punjab, India
Sandhya Mehta
GNIMT, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Abstract


Every principal or Director of the college has distinct style of leadership. In present study transformational style of leadership was found to be most common style of leadership among the college Principals and Directors closely followed by transactional style. Laissez Faire was not a favourable style among college Principals and Directors as evidenced from the study. Leadership style was not found to be related to Qualification and Experience of the college principals.

Keywords


Leadership, Qualification, Experience, Transactional Style, Laissez Faire, Transformational Style, Principals, Directors.

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