Transformational Leadership and its Relation to Organizational Loyalty among the Public Secondary Schools' Principals in Jeddah Governate from the Teachers' Point of View

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the extent to which public secondary schools principals in Jeddah Governate practice the four aspects of transformational leadership behavior (idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration), as well as investigate the organizational loyalty in the public secondary schools in Jeddah Province. Moreover, the study investigated the extent to which transformational leadership behavior relates to the dimensions of organizational loyalty in the public secondary schools in Jeddah Province, and whether there are statistically significant differences in the responses of the participants about the dimensions of the study that can be attributed to their individual and job variables including educational qualifications, years of experience and specialization. The study used the descriptive relational methodology in order to fulfill its goals. The questionnaire designed for the purpose of this study was made of two parts, the first was made of 32 items distributed over four dimensions, and the second was made of 24 items distributed over three dimensions. The population of the study was made of the public secondary schools teachers working in the Educational Directorate of Jeddah Province. The sample was made of 363 teachers making up 10.3% of the secondary schoolteachers of Jeddah Province . The study indicated that the practice of transformational leadership of the public secondary schools principals in Jeddah Province was very high in the opinion of the secondary school teachers. On the other hand the organizational loyalty behavior of the secondary schoolteachers was also very high in their opinion. The study recommended the necessity of consolidating the behaviors of transformational leadership of the public secondary schools principals through training courses. On the other hand, teachers and students achievement should be advanced along with increase of power delegation by paying attention to linking organizational loyalty level with student achievement level in the secondary schools.