Perceived Relational Leadership Style and Teachers’ Innovative Work Behavior: A Case of Intermediate Colleges

Abstract

Relational leadership is a relational process of people together attempting to accomplish change or make a difference to benefit the common good.Current research study was aimed to find out relationship between perceived relational leadership style and teachers’ innovative work behavior. Correlational research design was used. Public and Private intermediate teachers were the population and by using convenient sampling technique 400 teachers were selected from the target population. The relational leadership scale and teachers’ innovative scale were used to collect data. Descriptive (frequency and percentages) and inferential statistics (Pearson r) were used to analyze the data. Correlation result indicated a significant positive relationship between perceived relational leadership style and teachers’ innovative work behavior. The findings of the current study suggest many implications for educational organizations, heads, and teachers. Educational institutions should promote relational leadership to improve the innovative behavior of their teachers.