Leadership styles and organizational culture

Strong leadership and school governance are critical components of responsible and accountable public service. Leadership means influencing individuals towards positive change. This study explored and examined school heads’ leadership styles and organizational culture among selected public schools in the Philippines. The study used mixed method where it selected 400 public school heads in the Philippines through purposive sampling. The study used adopted survey-questionnaire. Findings showed that public school heads consistently used authoritative and democratic leadership styles. On the other hand, the study also showed that values and beliefs, communication styles and risk tolerance were highly utilized by school heads. Apparently, there was a strong positive correlation between democratic leadership style and values and beliefs which suggests that the more the school heads used democratic styles, the more their teachers and the community could strengthen their positive values and beliefs. Thus, the study recommended future scientific investigation relative to the influence of school heads’ behavior on organizational culture and school performance.