Trends in Principal Leadership Style Based on Situational Leadership Style and Behavioral Leadership Style in State Vocational High Schools in Lubuk Begalung District, Padang City

This research is motivated by the problems found in relation to the leadership style by the principal. The purpose of this study is to obtain information and describe the tendency of the leadership style used by school principals which is reviewed from various styles, namely: situational leadership style and behavioral leadership style. This type of research is quantitative and descriptive. The research population is 208 teachers at the State Vocational High School, Lubuk Begalung District, Padang City. The sample in this study was 72 people, which was drawn using the proportional stratified random sampling technique. The instrument in this study is a Likert scale model questionnaire that has been tested for validity and reliability, then the data is processed with a mean formula. The results of the study stated that the tendency of the principal's leadership style in the State Vocational School in Lubuk Begalung District was in the following aspects: situational leadership style had an average score of 3.79 with the dominant category and behavioral leadership style had an average score of 3.65 with the dominant category. So it can be concluded that the tendency of the leadership style of the State Vocational High School, Lubuk Begalung District, Padang City is to apply a situational leadership style with an average score of 3.79 and in the dominant category.