Leadership Style and Motivating Language among Educational Leaders of a State University

This study aimed to identify the leadership style and the extent of using motivating languageof the educational leaders of a State University. The descriptive method of research was used, and the respondents of the study were the educational leaders of the State University in the Philippines consisting of 53 deans, associate deans, department and program chairs from the total population of 64. The data were gathered and treated statistically using frequency, percentage and chi square. Results show that majority of the male and female educational leaders belong to age bracket of 36 – 55, married, and master’s graduate. Most male respondents came from College of Teacher Education while most female from College of Arts and Sciences. Also, most male have less than 5 years in service while female have both less than 5 years and 5 to 9 years. The study identified that male have directing type of leadership and female leaders have coaching style. Furthermore, both male and female use leader motivating language to a moderate extent with regards to meaning making and direction giving. Likewise, male leaders use empathetic language to a moderate extent while female leaders have least extent of its use. In addition, there is no significant relationship between leadership style and leader motivating language of the male respondents whereas there is significant relation in terms of meaning making and direction giving of the female respondents. Lastly, there is no significant difference in the leadership style of the male and female respondents when grouped according to profile. The result of the study could help the State University to understand that educational leaders have different leadership style, and they can assist male leaders with directing style and female leaders with coaching style to better perform their duties and responsibilities. In addition, the university may provide trainings and coaching on how the leaders may also enhance their use of motivating language to their subordinates.

Keywords: Educational Leader, Leader Motivating Language, Leadership Style, Situational Leadership