SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY

MAGISTER PROGRAM OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
QUESTIONNAIRES TO BE FILLED BY TEACHERS

Dear Respondents:

I am a post graduate (Master) student of Sriwijaya University, Palembang. I am carrying out

a study on the topic: Teachers Perception of Democratic and Laissez-Faire Principal
Leadership Style on School Teachers’ Job Satisfication Outcomes.

Thus the main purposes of this questionnaire is to collect relevant information to compliment
this research work. This questionnaire is for a general secondary school (public school)
teacher like you who is expected to perform well in the school duties. It is on this
background that you have been randomly selected to participate in this research by
completing the questionnaire. I request for your co-operation by helping to answer the
questionnaire as per the instructions at the beginning of each section. The succes of this study
directly depends upon your honest and genuine response to each question. You are requested
to be as frank as possible when answering this questionnaire. Your response will be highy
respected and accorded the highest confidentiality.

Thank you.

Show your agreement to fill the questionnaire by answering the questions

Would you fill questionnaire voluntary?

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Note:

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 SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY
MAGISTER PROGRAM OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
QUESTIONNAIRES TO BE FILLED BY TEACHERS

Dear Respondents:

I am a post graduate (Master) student of Sriwijaya University, Palembang. I am carrying out

a study on the topic: Teachers Perception of Democratic and Laissez-Faire Principal
Leadership Style on School Teachers’ Job Satisfication Outcomes.

Thus the main purposes of this questionnaire is to collect relevant information to compliment
this research work. This questionnaire is for a private school teacher like you who is
expected to perform well in the school duties. It is on this background that you have been
randomly selected to participate in this research by completing the questionnaire. I request for
your co-operation by helping to answer the questionnaire as per the instructions at the
beginning of each section. The succes of this study directly depends upon your honest and
genuine response to each question. You are requested to be as frank as possible when
answering this questionnaire. Your response will be highy respected and accorded the highest
confidentiality.

Thank you.

Show your agreement to fill the questionnaire by answering the questions

Would you fill questionnaire voluntary?

Yes No

Note:

Teachers Perception of Democratic and Laissez-Faire..(Sriwijaya University)

 You don’t have to write your name, simply write down the attendance sequence number
provided by the researcher.

 Your answer should represent your thinking.

 Be frank .Give a true picture of your thinking about both of the leadership styles on
School Teachers’ Job Satisfication Outcomes..

 Be sure to keep the statement in mind when deciding how you think about the aspect of
the two of leadership styles.

Please answer the following questions as honestly as possible by filling in the spaces
provided or ticking the appropriate alternative.

Part I: This part of questionnaire contains the personal information. Thus, please fill the
necessary answer for each item properly by writing in the space prepared.

A1. Year Sex _________________

A2. Your Academic qualification _____

A3. Field of your specialization __________

A4. Your teaching load per week _____

A5. Your years of teaching experience _____

A6. Responsibilities you are currently holding at school _____

SECTION A: INDEPENDENT VARIABLE: LEADERSHIP STYLE

PART II: this part of the questionnaire containing close ended items that focused on the
leadership styles under investigation. Based on the concept of each statement, please select
the option that directly represent your opinion on leadership styles and rate the following
using a scales where:

1=Strong Disagree (SD); 2=Disagree (D) 3=neither Agree nor disagree (nAnd) / Neutral
Attendance Number: _______________________
(N); 4=Agree (A); 5=Strong Agree (SA)

Teachers Perception of Democratic and Laissez-Faire..(Sriwijaya University)

Attendance Number: __________________

Directions:
1. For each of the statement below, circle the number that represents how strongly you feel
about the statement.
2. Be honest about your choices as there are no right or wrong answers - it is only for your
own self-assessment.

Leadership Style Questionnaire

No. Statements Scales

SA A N D SD
1. I and my employees always vote whenever a major decision
has to be made. 5 4 3 2 1

2. I ask for employee ideas and input on up coming plans and

projects. And accept the ideas approved by the majority. 5 4 3 2 1

3. For a major decision to pass in my department, it must have

the approval of each individual or the majority. 5 4 3 2 1

4. I guide my employees to what has to be done and how to do it.

5 4 3 2 1

5. I want to create an environment where the employees take

ownership of the project. I allow them to participate in the 5 4 3 2 1
decision making process.

6. When things go wrong and I need to create a strategy to keep a

project in order the process running on schedule, I call a 5 4 3 2 1
meeting to get my employee's advice.

7. When someone makes a mistake, I don’t tell them not to ever

do that again and neglect it or not to remind them to make a 5 4 3 2 1
note of it.

8. I ask employees for their vision of where they see their jobs
going and then use their vision where appropriate. 5 4 3 2 1

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9. My workers know more about their jobs than me, so I allow
them to carry out the decisions to do their job. 5 4 3 2 1

10. I allow my employees to set priorities with my guidance. 5 4 3 2 1

11. I delegate tasks in order to implement a new procedure or

process without any discussion and my intervention at all and 5 4 3 2 1
I trust any decision of them.
12. I closely monitor my employees to ensure they are performing
correctly. 5 4 3 2 1

13. When there are differences in role expectations, I work with

them to resolve the differences. 5 4 3 2 1

14. Each individual is responsible for defining their job. 5 4 3 2 1

15. I like the power that my leadership position holds over

subordinates. 5 4 3 2 1

16. I like my leadership style who are indifferent to the work of

my subordinates. 5 4 3 2 1

17. I fully allow my subordinates to take over decisions when

there are disputes or problems at school or workplace. 5 4 3 2 1

18. I give freedom to my subordinates to act freely on their work

without any supervision and monitoring from me. 5 4 3 2 1

19. I allow subordinates to perform their duties freely according to

their will. 5 4 3 2 1

20. I like to use my leadership power to help subordinates in order 5 4 3 2 1

their quality of work grow.

21. I like to share my leadership power with my subordinates. 5 4 3 2 1

22. I will invites other members of the team to contribute the

decision making process in order to Employees have right 5 4 3 2 1
direction their own for achieve organisational objectives.
23. Employees will exercise self direction if they are committed
to the objectives. 5 4 3 2 1

24. My employees can lead themselves just as well as I can. 5 4 3 2 1

Teachers Perception of Democratic and Laissez-Faire..(Sriwijaya University)

25. Group members or the employees are expected to solve
problems on their own without asking to the leader. They 5 4 3 2 1
know more than me to solve it.
26. My power is handed over to subordinates, yet leaders still take
responsibility for the groups decisions and actions. 5 4 3 2 1

27. I always make the final decision but consider my final

decisions based on the outcome of the feedback and opinions 5 4 3 2 1
of all my employees in my team.
28. I do not have the time to blame and discuss any of their work
or decisions on work issues I believe in my employees to 5 4 3 2 1
organize, handle and resolve them.
29. I'm very little give guidance to my subordinates to solve the
problem, to do work than I know more, and to make final 5 4 3 2 1
decision.
30. I hands-off on whatever happened and left it to my
subordinates. 5 4 3 2 1

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