A Study between Informal Relationships and Leadership Behaviours of School Principals

Abstract

This article aims to study the correlation between informal relationships and school
principals’ transformational and transactional leadership behaviours in schools. The
study is a quantitative research based on the relational model. The findings of the
study reveal that informal relationships and transactions at schools are at a medium
level. Communication and informal relationships among school employees in and
out of school is insufficient. School principals display transformational leadership
behaviours more than transactional leadership behaviours. There is a mediumlevel
and positive relationship between the level of informal relationships and school
principals’ transformational leadership styles at high schools. According to the results
of the study, an inverse and low relationship was found between informal relations and
school principals’ transactional leadership style behaviours.