Open AccessEXPLORING THE LEADERSHIP TRAITS TO IMPROVE JOB PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES AND ACHIEVE JOB SATISFACTION (CASE STUDY: PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN PESHAWAR)
Author(s) -
Ghazala Yasmin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pakistan journal of humanities and social sciences research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-922X
pISSN - 2663-9211
DOI - 10.37605/pjhssr.1.2.3
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , cronbach's alpha , psychology , leadership style , job performance , khyber pakhtunkhwa , private sector , test (biology) , job attitude , social psychology , applied psychology , political science , sociology , socioeconomics , clinical psychology , psychometrics , paleontology , law , biology
This research explores the leadership traits that are important to improve job performance of employees in the private education sector of Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Numerous aspects of a leader’s traits were investigated including motivational support, acknowledgement, appreciation, guidance and optimistic attitude from employees’ perspective. A self constructed questionnaire was designed and administered on teachers of reputable private schools of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The instrument’s validity and reliability was checked with Cronbach’s Alpha. This research uses Chi Square test in order to analyze the relationship between the multiple variables that are mentioned above and job satisfaction that in turn affects and improves the Employees’ Performance. The obtained results showed that there is a high significance between leadership traits and employees’ job satisfaction. Furthermore, the study recommends adapting an acceptable leadership style with positive traits in order to enhance the employee performance and achieve personnel job satisfaction.