The Ieadership Styles of Elementary School Principals, the Loyalty of Teachers to Their Jobs and Their Relationship to Some Variables

Abstract

The aim of the study is to identify the popular educational leadership styles used by elementary school principals in Riyadh. It also aims to identify the loyalty of teachers to their jobs and their relationship to qualification and experience. Two questionnaires were given to 177 Saudi teachers teaching in elementary schools in Riyadh. The following results were obtained: The democratic leadership style is the most popular style used by principals. There is no significant difference in the pattern of educational leadership due to qualification of principals while there is significant difference due to experience, There are no significant differences in the degree of teachers loyalty due to qualification and experience. There is a significant correlation between the types of educational leadership and the degree of teachers loyalty.

Keywords

• The Ieadership Styles
• elementary school principals
• Riyadh
• educational leadership
• Teachers loyalty