The sex role identity and transformational leadership style of women administrators in selected Catholic elementary and secondary schools in Metro Manila

• Main Author: Arintowati, Fransisca Dwina
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Transformational leadership; Women school administrators—Philippines—Metro Manila; Sex role in the work environment—Philippines—Metro Manila; Androgyny (Psychology); Educational Administration and Supervision
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6497; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_masteral/article/12855/viewcontent/CDTG004427_P.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between sex role identity, demographic variable and transformational leadership style of elementary and secondary women administrators of Catholic private schools in Manila, using the Personal Profile, Bem Sex Role Inventory and Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire to gather the data. Frequency, Percentage, Pierson Product Moment and Stepwise Regression were used to analyze the data. The study revealed that administrators with androgynous sex role identity have significant correlation with the five dimensions of transformational leadership style, such as idealized influence attribute, idealized influence behavior, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration. Androgynous was also found to be a significant predictor for the five dimensions of transformational leadership style. While masculine sex role identity was found to be a significant predictor for idealized influence behavior and inspirational motivation. Feminine sex role identity was found to be a significant predictor for idealized influence behavior dimension of transformational leadership style. This study also found that demographic variables of the administrators, such as educational attainment, specialization in educational administration/management and administrative experience in the school have significant correlation with transformational leadership style, but only the administrative experience of the administrators is the better predictor of the four dimensions of transformational leadership style (e.g. Idealized Influence Attributes, Inspirational Motivation, Intellectual Stimulation and Individualized Consideration). It is recommended that the Catholic elementary and secondary schools organizations in Manila provide androgynous and brainstorming programs to develop the administrators’ transformational leadership styles.