Organizational Climate of Rizal High School and Leadership Style of its Administrators, S.Y. 2017-2018: Basis for Transformational Leadership Training Program

This study determined the organizational climate of Rizal High School and the leadership styles manifested by its administrators during School Year 2017-2018 as a basis for a transformational leadership training program. The thesis characterized the inquiry as a mixed quantitative-qualitative study and operationalized it primarily through a descriptive-correlational survey design. The entire population of 170 Junior High School student-leaders served as respondents. Leadership style was assessed using the 37-item Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire 5X-Short, while school climate was measured using the 42-item Student Development Program-School Climate Survey for High School-Revised Edition. Weighted mean was used to describe leadership styles and school climate; Pearson product-moment correlation and a t-test of the correlation coefficient were used to test relationships. Administrators were perceived to always manifest idealized influence-attributed (M = 3.24) and inspirational motivation (M = 3.26), often manifest idealized influence-behavior, intellectual stimulation, individual consideration, contingent reward, and active management-by-exception, and sometimes exhibit passive management-by-exception and avoidance. Student-leaders described sharing of resources (M = 3.14) and student-teacher relations (M = 3.32) as positive, while order and discipline, school building, student interpersonal relations, and parent involvement were somewhat positive. Significant relationships were reported between transformational leadership and physical climate (r = .98, p < .05), transactional leadership and academic climate (r = 1.00, p < .05), and laissez-faire leadership and social climate (r = 1.00, p < .05). The findings supported the development of a transformational leadership training program for administrators, teachers, and student-leaders to strengthen the school’s physical, social, and academic climate.