V, Sodhi. (2017). Role expectation of Physical Education teachers in relation to Organizational Climate and Leadership Behavior of Principals. Unpublished. Ph.D., Physical Education. Laxmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior, M.P.
The objectives of the study were: (1) To study the
relationship between Role Expectation of Physical Education Teachers,
Organizational Climate and Leadership Behavior of Principals of private
colleges in Chandigarh city. (2) To study the role expectation of Physical
Education Teachers as perceived by themselves and by the Principals of their
respective institutions. (3) To study the sex differences with respect to role
expectation among Physical Education Teachers.(4) To compare the Organizational
Climate that existed in colleges of Chandigarh as perceived by Physical
Educational teachers and Principals of those institutions. (6) To compare the
leadership behavior of Principals as perceived by themselves and by the
Physical Education teachers in the institutions under study. (7) To compare the
Organizational Climate difference as perceived by Principals and Physical
Education teachers in the institutions under study.
The hypotheses of the study were: (1) Significant
relationship exists between role expectation of Physical Education teachers and
Organizational Climate. (2) Significant relationship exists between role
expectation of Physical Education teachers and Leadership Behaviour of
Principals. (3) Significant relationship exists between Organizational Climate
and Leadership Behavior of Principals. (4) Significant difference exists in the
perception of role expectation hold for Physical Education teachers as
perceived by the Principals and by the Physical Education teachers themselves.
(5) Significant differences exist in the perception of role expectation of
Physical Education Teacher as perceived by male and female Physical Education
teachers. (6) Significant differences exist in the role expectation of Physical
Education teachers in colleges as perceived by themselves and the Principals of
their institutions. (7) Significant differences exist between colleges with
regard to Organizational Climate. (8) Significant differences exist between
Principals and Physical Education teachers wit regard to Leadership Behavior.
(9) Significant differences exist between Principals and Physical Education
teachers with regard to Organizational Climate.
Sample comprised of 62 Principal, vice-Principal and Physical Education Teachers of professional and non-professional colleges of Gwalior District.
The tools used were Physical Education Teacher’s Role Expectation Scale (PETRES) by Usha Singh (1987), Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ) by Halpin and Craft (1963) and Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ) by Halpin (1966).
The study was descriptive in nature. Data were analyzed by using Mean, SD, t-test and Pearson Product Moment correlation.
The findings of the study were: (1) Out of thirteen dimensions of Role Expectation and Organizational Climate, Teaching Expectations was found to be significantly and positively related with five dimensions of Organizational Climate namely, disengagement, intimacy, thrust, considering the total of Organizational Climate. (2) The positive and significant relationship was also observed between administrative expectations and eight dimensions of Organizational Climate, namely, disengagement, esprit, intimacy, aloofness, production-emphasis, thrust, consideration and total of Organizational Climate. (3) Results indicated a positive and significant relationship between other expectations and seven dimension of Organizational Climate, namely, disengagement, esprit, intimacy, production-emphasis, thrust, consideration and total of Organizational Climate. (4) The total Role expectation had significant and positive relationship with total of Organizational Climate as well with its six dimensions, namely, disengagement, esprit, intimacy, production - emphasis, thrust and consideration. (5) The role expectation of the Physical Education teachers is related to the Organizational Climate of the institutions. An institution with healthy Organizational Climate puts greater demands on its faculty as regards roles expected from them. (6) Significant and positive relationship were found between initiating – structure dimension of Leadership Behavior and three dimensions of Role Expectation, namely, administrative, other and total expectations. (7) A positive and significant relationships were observed between consideration and three dimensions of Role expectation i.e. administrative, other and total Role expectations. (8) The total of Leadership Behavior had significant and positive relationship with administrative, other and total Role Expectations. (9) The positive and significant relationship was also observed between consideration and six dimensions of Organizational Climate, namely, disengagement, aloofness, esprit, production-emphasis, thrust and total of Organizational Climate. (10) The significant differences existed in the perceptions of Physical Education teachers and Principals, as regards former s role expectation. (11) No difference was found in the perception of Physical Education teachers role expectation between professional and non-professional colleges. (12) No significant differences were found in the perception of Organizational Climate in professional and non-professional colleges. (13) Significant differences were observed between Principals and Physical Education teachers regards Dormer’s Leadership Behavior on initiation-structure and total of Leadership. Principals perceived initiating structure dimension of leadership was more important for effective leadership as compared to Physical Education teachers. (14) Significant differences were reported between Principals and Physical Education teachers on four dimensions. Principals laid more stress on esprit and trust whereas Physical Education teachers perceived disengagement and production-emphasis as most important dimensions affecting Organizational Climate of an institution .
Keyword(s): Organizational Climate, Leadership Behavior,