The Practicing Degree of Leadership Skills by School Principals in the Green line in Palestine in Light of Learning Organization and Organizational Culture
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to reveal the elementary teachers\u27 practicing degree of leadership skills from the perspectives of teachers themselves within the green line in Palestine, in light of learning organization and organizational culture. To achieve this aim, the researchers prepared two instruments; the first is a questionnaire composed of (52) items to find out the practicing degree of leadership skills from the perspectives of teachers themselves. It consisted of four domains. The second is a questionnaire including (34) items to find out the learning organization and organizational culture’s degree of implementation from the perspectives of teachers. The study sample was (230) teachers. The study results and findings revealed that the elementary teachers\u27 practicing degree of leadership skills from the perspectives of teachers was high overall. The skills were as follows: Personal skills, administrative skills, perceptive skills, and humanitarian social skills respectively. It revealed also that there were no statistical differences among the means of the elementary teachers\u27 practicing degree of leadership skills from the perspectives of teachers due to the variables of gender, academic rank, experience, and school. Elementary school implementation of learning organization and organizational culture from the perspectives of teachers was high. Moreover, there was a positive correlation between practicing leadership skills along with other domains and school implementation of learning organization and organizational culture from the perspectives of teachers.
Key Words: Leadership Skills, School Principals, Green Line, Learning Organization, and Organizational Cultur
