INFLUENCE OF SELF CONCEPT AND EMOTIONAL MATURITY ON INITIATION LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOUR AMONG THE HEADS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KERALA

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Abstract The present study tried to find out the influence of Self Concept and Emotional Maturity and their influence of interaction on Initiation Leadership Behaviour of Heads of Secondary schools in Kerala in terms of their gender, age, experience and type of management of their school. The investigator approached 260 heads of the secondary schools throughout the Kerala to collect information regarding their Self Concept, Emotional Maturity, Initiation Leader Behaviour. The study found that no significant influence of Self Concept on Initiation Leadership Behaviour for the total sample and all the subsamples other than the subsamples of experience group two. The influence in the case of experience group two is significant. The Emotional Maturity of heads of schools significantly influences their Initiation Leadership Behavior for the total sample and subsamples of males, age group two and experience group two heads. But it does not influence in the case of female heads, age group one heads, experience group one heads and the subsample groups government and aided school heads.The influence of interaction of Self Concept and Emotional Maturity on Initiation Leadership Behaviour is not significant for the total sample and all the subsamples of the study except males. The influence of interaction among male heads is significant.

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