Relationship between Principals’ Transformational Leadership Practices and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Phuentsholing Municipality

Abstract

The relationship between principals’ transformational leadership and teachers’ job satisfaction among four schools of Phuentsholing municipality, Bhutan, evaluates the perceived level of job satisfaction of teachers, the influence of the leadership styles on teachers’ job satisfaction, and the correlation of transformational leadership with teachers’ job satisfaction based on Herzberg’s Two-Factor theory. The research adopted a quantitative method with a survey questionnaire as a research design. Using purposive and random sampling, 134 teachers out of 210 were selected as participants. The data collected using google form was analyzed with the data analysis tool pack of Microsoft Excel 2013 using descriptive statistics: mean, standard deviation, t-test, simple linear regression, and correlation. The result showed a high level of job satisfaction in teachers with no significant gender difference. Transformational leadership was found to have a significant positive correlation with motivation factors and hygiene factors that contributes to job satisfaction. There was a strong positive correlation between principals’ transformational leadership and teachers’ job satisfaction. Principals are recommended to maintain and enhance the practice of transformational leadership to have better job satisfaction and performance of teachers.