The Extent of Practicing Ethical Leadership by Public Secondary School Principals in Amman

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify the extent of practicing ethical leadership by public secondary school principals in Amman from the teachers’ perspective. A descriptive analytical approach was adopted. Through the random sampling method, the researcher selected a sample consisting from 80 teachers. Those teachers were selected from 10 public secondary schools located in Amman, Jordan. Questionnaire forms were distributed to those teachers by hand. All the forms were retrieved. However, three forms included missing data. Thus, 77 forms were analyzed statistically. SPSS program was used. It was found that the extent of practicing ethical leadership by public secondary school principals in Amman is high from the teachers’ perspective.  It was found that those principals are honest and deal kindly with others. It was found that those principals keep their promises and support teachers. However, they do not engage the teachers in the decision making process.  The researcher recommend developing a code of ethics by the Jordanian Ministry of Education for regulating the conduct of the administrative staff at schools

Keywords: Leadership, ethical leadership, public secondary schools, principals

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-15-07

Publication date:May 31^st 2020