The Relationship between Personality Types and Leadership Styles of High School Principals: A Case Study of Islamshahr City

The study determines the relationship between personality types and leadership styles of principals in secondary schools in the academic year 2011-2012 in Islamshahr city. The statistical population of the study includes all 74 principals of Islamshahr schools. Simple random sampling method is used based on the sample size determining formula to select a representative sample including 62 people and increase measurement accuracy. The studyʹs measuring instrument consists of three questionnaires. They are Cattell16 factorial personality types questionnaire, leadership style 35-items questionnaire developed by Bardner and Metzcus to measure leadership style (relation-oriented, task-oriented) and 10-item questionnaire developed by Hellriegel and Slocum to assess contingency leadership style used. In the study, validation of the questionnaires has been calculated by Cronbachʹs alpha. The questionnaire has been conducted on the sample through by independent t test and Pearson correlation the results of the present study represent the following contents: 1-There is a direct relationship between personality types and leadership styles; 2-There is a significant difference between men and women realistic personality type, and women are more realistic; 3-There is a significant difference between men and women task orientation leadership style. Women are more task-oriented; 4-There is a significant relationship between the conservative personality type and contingency leadership style.