Transformational Leadership in Higher Education Institutions

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to determine the level of practice of transformational leadership of private higher education administrators and its degree of influence on teachers in private higher education institutions in the City of Koronadal. The research design used is descriptive-correlational. The study employed the use of descriptive statistics such as mean to determine the school administrators’ level of practice of transformational leadership and its degree of influence on the teachers and correlation test to determine the relationship between the variables. In gathering the data, the research instrument used was the researcher-prepared survey questionnaire. In terms of level of practice, the findings of the study showed that there is a high level of practice of transformational leadership in private higher education institutions. The study found that all four dimensions of transformational leadership were perceived as “high level of practice”. It was also found that the practices of the school administrators along the four dimensions of transformational leadership have a high degree of influence on the respondents. It was also found that there was a significant relationship between the level of administrators’ practice of transformational leadership and its degree of influence to their teachers in the teachers of private HEIs in the City of Koronadal based on the correlation test. Moreover, the results showed that the higher the ratings of the respondents in the school administrators’ level of practice of transformational leadership, the higher also their rating on its degree of influence on them.

KEYWORDS: Transformational Leadership, Private Higher Education Institutions, Level of Practice, Dimensions of Transformational Leadership, Degree of Influence