A Study of the Relationship Between Work Personality and Leadership Competencies of Secondary School Principals in Hunan Province

At present, social development and educational reform have put forward higher requirements for scientific management and high-quality educational services in secondary schools. This study conducts an in-depth investigation and research on the current situation of the competency of secondary school principals in Hunan Province. It explores how the influencing factors interact with the competency of secondary school principals through quantitative and qualitative analysis, and then puts forward countermeasures and suggestions for further improving the competency of secondary school principals. Firstly, through literature review and theoretical analysis, the research framework of "work personality - teachers' trust - perceived superior support- competency level" is constructed, and research hypotheses are put forward. After referring to mature models and scales at home and abroad, combining in-depth interviews with experts and secondary school principals to revise and validate the measurement of the secondary dimensions, and re-developing the secondary school principal competency questionnaire (Self report version), a questionnaire was conducted among the secondary school principals in Hunan Province. Then, using SPSS23.0 for statistical analysis, it focuses on the relationship between influencing factors and analyzes the mediating role of teachers' trust and perceived superior support between work personality and competency. The study found that work personality is mainly summarized as four dimensions: planning, management quality, personal achievement motivation, innovation and change; teachers' trust is mainly summarized as emotional trust and cognitive trust; perceived superior support is mainly summarized as development support and value recognition.