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Examining the effect of school administrators’ leadership skills on employees’ work engagement

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  • Damianus Abun

    (Divine Word College of Laoag, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines)

  • Jose Vallente A. Ballesteros

    (Divine Word College of Laoag, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines)

  • Theogenia Magallanes

    (College President, Saint Benedict College of Northern Luzon, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, Philippines)

  • Mary Joy Encarnacion

    (Divine Word College of Laoag, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines)

Abstract

The study wanted to determine the correlation between the exercise of leadership skills of administrators of Divine Word Colleges in the Ilocos Region and the work engagement of employees. To support the study, related literature was reviewed to establish the theoretical foundation of the study. The study used a descriptive assessment and correlational research design. To gather the data, the validated questionnaires were used and weighted mean and Pearson r or Product-Moment Correlation were used to interpret the data. Weighted mean was used to determine the level of leadership skills of administrators and Pearson r was used to determine the correlation between leadership skill and work engagement of employees. The study found that there is a correlation between leadership skill and work engagement of employees and therefore the hypothesis of the study is accepted Key Words: Leadership skill, delegation, and empowerment, work engagement, cognitive, affective, conative

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  • Damianus Abun & Jose Vallente A. Ballesteros & Theogenia Magallanes & Mary Joy Encarnacion, 2020. "Examining the effect of school administrators’ leadership skills on employees’ work engagement," International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 9(7), pages 32-45, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:rbs:ijbrss:v:9:y:2020:i:7:p:32-45
    DOI: 10.20525/ijrbs.v9i7.940
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