Prevailing leadership styles among officials in the directories of education in Hebron Governorate and its impact on the development of creative thinking among subordinates
Keywords:
Democratic style, autocratic style, permissive style, officials, subordinates, creative thinking.Abstract
This study aimed at identifying the prevailing leadership styles among
officials in the directorates of education in Hebron Governorate, and its
impact on the development of creative thinking among subordinates according
to several variables; gender, job title, qualification, years of experience, and
the directorate where a subordinate works. The descriptive analytical method
was used in this study, and number of population was 318 subordinates work
in different directorates of education in Hebron. Two questionnaires were
used for the purpose of collecting data. The first questionnaire was for "styles
of leadership" consists of 40 statements. The second one was for "creative
thinking", consists of 40 statements, too. The sample of the study was 22% of
the whole population.
Results indicated that the prevailing leaderships among subordinates
were respectively; the democratic style, autocratic style and permissive style.
Results also showed that the degree of creative thinking among subordinates
was medium and showed that there were no significant differences in the
degree of creative thinking among subordinates due to gender, job title,
qualification, years of experience and the directorate where a subordinate
works.
Results also indicated that there was a weak correlation between
prevailing leadership styles and creative thinking degree among officials in
the directorates of education in Hebron Governorate. The study came out
with several recommendations
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