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A sample of two hundred teachers (100 male and 100 female) was selected randomly from Public Secondary Schools of Lahore. A Questionnaire was developed to collect the data from the research respondents. The questionnaire was consisted of three sections. The first part of the questionnaire was consisted of demographic variables. The second part was related to the ten statements of principals’ leadership styles (Autocratic and Democratic) and last part contained the fifteen statements regarding the job satisfaction of teachers. The researchers visited the secondary schools and took permission from principals for data collection from teachers. Mean, SD, Pearson product moment for correlation and independent sample t-test were applied to analyze the data. The major findings of the study indicated that mostly principals decide the operational objectives and standards of the school by themselves. It is also revealed from the study that most of principals use democratic leadership style because they take suggestions from teachers, cooperate and support with them in any matter. Findings of the study also proved that there is a significant relationship between democratic leadership style and job satisfaction of teachers. The school principals should enhance the participation of faculty in decision making.  \nKeywords: Leadership styles, job satisfaction, principal, teacher  \n* Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore. [Email: abidhussainier@yahoo.com](Email: abidhussainier@yahoo.com)  \n**Ph.D Scholar, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore.  \n***Assistant Professor, University of Education, Township Campus, Lahore.  \n****Ph.D Scholar, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore  \nIntroduction  \nIn an educational organization, principal plays a vital role. The principal is responsible for all affairs of the school. The person who makes decisions about the school is known as principal. The leader of an educational institution is principal. The principals are always responsible for the management and other activities of school. Principal is directly responsible to direct the teachers toward the goal of an organization. His attitude with teachers creates a positive relationship with each other. The positive environment creates when principal will use the suitable leaderships'styles for the staff (Mehrotra, 2005) . According to Simmonds (1994) the principals'leadership style identified the standard of education in the school. So the leadership in the educational organization is the basic phenomenon. The teacher and principal are the basic aspects of quality for the effective education.  \nLeadership is a process of influencing others. Leader communicates a vision that turns self-interest into commitment to a job. Leadership leads group of people and provides them the clear ideas and objectives to achieving the organizational goals. Effective leaders inspire and influence others through on their self-confidence and motivation. Leadership is a responsibility to lead the personal morals as well as lead to the society. It provides the awareness to community. If we look at the leadership literature, we will come to know that effective leadership is the main factor in achieving school improvement. The quality of teaching impresses the student. It influences on the students motivation and achievement. Leadership provides the vision, direction and support for change. There is the strong relationship between leadership, change and school performance, teachers’ performance. Leadership refers as a capability to solve the thing with su","cbCailvB6bhRIfEv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailvB6bhRIfEv","pdf",105276,12,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## Leadership in educational organizations\n## Concepts and definitions of leadership\n## Leadership style and organizational goals","[{\"question\":\"What is the core purpose of the research?\",\"answer\":\"The research aims to examine how principals’ leadership styles relate to teachers’ job satisfaction at the secondary level.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the data collected and analyzed?\",\"answer\":\"A questionnaire was developed and administered to teachers. The study used mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation, and independent-sample t-tests to analyze the data.\"},{\"question\":\"Which leadership style is most commonly used by principals in the study?\",\"answer\":\"The findings indicate that most principals use a democratic leadership style because they take teachers’ suggestions and cooperate and support them.\"},{\"question\":\"What recommendation does the study make based on its results?\",\"answer\":\"The study recommends that school principals should enhance teachers’ participation in decision-making.\"}]","Principals' Leadership Styles and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction: A Correlation Study at Secondary Level | PDF",1792081968]