FOLLOWERS' PERSONALITY IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERSHIP STYLE AND PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR

The present research has been carried out to discover the influence of leadership style of a teacher on the academic performance of students with self-efficacy as moderating variable. The object of this study was the students so that we can evaluate the leadership style of a teacher and to observe the influence of leadership style on the academic performance of students. An estimated sample of 250 students was asked for volunteer contribution, out of which 212 students contributed to the research by filling out the questionnaires. All these students have been taught by a researcher, a faculty member at Hailey College of Commerce, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. These students were further categorized on the basis of a tenure they have been taught by the said teacher. 111 students have been taught for 1 semester, 70 students for 2 semesters and 31 students were those who assessed the leadership style after 1 year of their class interaction with the teacher. Questionnaire consisted of 3 portions for the assessment of a leadership style of the teacher; indication of their own self-efficacy level and their perceived academic performance. Study concluded that there is a significant effect of transformational leadership style of a teacher and students' self-efficacy on the students' academic performance and presumed that the moderator (self-efficacy) does not really moderate the effects of the predictor (teacher's transformational leadership style) on the outcome variable (students academic performance).