Entrepreneurial leadership among headmasters in Malaysian primary schools
The Malaysian Education Quality Standard 2010 (SKPM 2010) which has been implemented in the Malaysian education administration emphasize on creative and innovative leadership in cultivating excellence in Malaysian schools. From the literature, leadership style that has creative and innovative el...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2021
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17350/1/43648-158270-1-PB.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17350/ https://ejournal.ukm.my/jpend/issue/view/1400 |
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Summary: | The Malaysian Education Quality Standard 2010 (SKPM 2010) which has been implemented in the Malaysian
education administration emphasize on creative and innovative leadership in cultivating excellence in Malaysian
schools. From the literature, leadership style that has creative and innovative elements is known as
entrepreneurial leadership. This survey aimed to determine Malaysian primary school teachers’ perception on
headmasters’ entrepreneurial leadership level, and the difference in the levels according to school type. A total
of 324 teachers from 36 primary schools in Peninsular Malaysia participated in the study. Data was analysed
descriptively and inferentially. Findings show that according to the teachers, National Schools (SK) and National-type Tamil Schools (SJK(T)) headmasters practice high level of entrepreneurial leadership, while National-type
Chinese Schools (SJK(C)) headmasters practice moderate level of entrepreneurial leadership. In addition, findings
also revealed that the level of entrepreneurial leadership of SK and SJK(T) headmasters are significantly higher
than SJK(C), and there is no significant difference in the level of entrepreneurial leadership in SK and SJK(T). The
findings of this study implicates that the practice of entrepreneurial leadership is confirmed to be already in place
in Malaysian primary schools. This provides a new insight as there are lack of empirical evidence related to
entrepreneurial leadership in Malaysian school administration prior to this research. |
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