Leadership Style and Student Satisfaction:Mediation of Teacher Effectiveness

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https://doi.org/10.24203/ajbm.v5i2.4632

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Leadership styles, Student satisfaction, Teacher effectiveness

Abstract

Teacher leadership style, his/her teaching effectiveness, and student satisfaction are considered to be the key to enhancing effective teaching-learning experiences in educational setting. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between teacher leadership styles and student satisfaction, and investigate if teacher effectiveness mediated the relationship. One hundred thirteen graduate management students and 11 management teachers participated in the survey conducted in a business school in Kathmandu, Nepal. Results suggest that teacher’s effectiveness is significantly predicted by teacher’s transformational leadership style and is also a significant predictor of student satisfaction. Also, teacher effectiveness was found to partially mediate the relationship between teacher’s transformational leadership and student satisfaction, with teacher’s transformational style predicting student satisfaction. Limitations of the study are identified, important implications and future research issues are discussed.

Author Biography

Jyoti Regmi Adhikary, Kathmandu University School of Management

Assistant Professor (General Management & HR)

Coordinator, Research Programs Department

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2017-04-22

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Adhikary, J. R. (2017). Leadership Style and Student Satisfaction:Mediation of Teacher Effectiveness. Asian Journal of Business and Management, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.24203/ajbm.v5i2.4632

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