Leadership Styles Among Academic and Non-Academic Student Organization Officers in University of Mindanao

Abstract

In today’s globally competitive environment, effective leadership styles were crucial as to how the leaders broaden their strategy, bring plans into movement, and respond to changes while moderating anticipation and the welfare of their team. Only through the use of effective leadership techniques was it possible to successfully accomplish organizational goals. With the use of Kruskal-Wallis analysis, this study sought to ascertain the Leadership styles among academic and non-academic student organization officers in the University of Mindanao. Its main objective was to examine whether there was a significant difference in the Leadership styles among academic and non-academic student organization officers in the University of Mindanao when measured based to directivity, support, participation, and achievement orientation. Furthermore, a questionnaire was distributed to 100 respondents online as part of this study's quantitative approach and descriptive research design. The main variables examined in this study were directivity, support, participation, and achievement orientation. The overall mean of leadership styles was also high, which was frequently demonstrated. The findings suggest that when respondents were categorized based on their age and year level, there was a significant difference in directivity. On the contrary, the results showed that the study did not reject support, participation, and achievement orientation when analyzed according to sex, marital status, program, and position. With accordance to findings, it also indicated that the study supported the Path-Goal theory and would benefit students, professors, and the management of the school.