Prevailing leadership styles among officials in the directories of education in Hebron Governorate and its impact on the development of creative thinking among subordinates

Authors

  • د. سمير سليمان الجمل

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

 

 

Published

2017-06-14

How to Cite

الجمل د. س. س. (2017). Prevailing leadership styles among officials in the directories of education in Hebron Governorate and its impact on the development of creative thinking among subordinates. Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Humanities and Social Studies, 2(32). Retrieved from https://journals.qou.edu/index.php/jrresstudy/article/view/888

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