Effect of Gender on Principals’ Leadership Behavior towards Teachers’ Psychological Wellbeing and Pro-Organizational Motivation

This study aimed to examine the effect of gender on the principals’ leadership behaviour towards teachers’ psychological wellbeing and their pro-organizational motivation. Data were collected from 118 principals and vice principals of high and higher secondary schools Malakand division. A quantitative correlational approach was used to examine the perceptions of principals based on convenient sampling method. Three pre-validated scales were applied for data collection such as principal leadership scale, teachers’ psychological wellbeing scale and pro-organizational motivation scale. All the three scales were pretested before data collection and were shown to subject experts for content validation. ANOVA statistics were utilised to understand the difference in the attitude of respondents towards principals’ leadership behaviour, teachers’ psychological wellbeing and their pro-organizational motivation. The findings showed that there was a significant difference in the perceptions of the respondents towards principals’ leadership behaviour, teachers’ psychological wellbeing and their pro-organizational motivation based on gender. The findings of this study may be studied in other contexts for deeper understanding of the key role of gender as a mediator or moderator among the relationship between principals’ leadership behaviour, teachers’ psychological wellbeing and their pro-organizational motivation. This study suggested that others strong demographic factor such as experience, qualification and age may also be investigated interlink between school leadership and teacher motivation.