Antecedents and prevalence of destructive leadership behaviour: the case in primary and middle level schools

Figures & data

Figure 1. Conceptual framework of antecedents and prevailing destructive leadership dimensions.

Table 1. Sex of respondents.

	Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid
Male	246	32.9	32.9	32.9
Female	502	67.1	67.1	100

Table 2. Age of respondents.

	Frequency	Percent	Valid Percent	Cumulative Percent
Valid
<25	53	7.1	7.1	7.1
25–50	607	81.1	81.1	88.2
>50	88	11.8	11.8	100
Total	748	100	100

Table 3. Educational status and experience of respondents.

	Qualification	Frequency	Percent	Experience	Year	Frequency	Percent
Educational status	Certificate or Bellow	13	1.7		≤5	63	8.4
	Diploma	453	60.6		10-Jun	182	24.3
	Degree	282	37.7		>10	503	67.2
	Total	748	100		Total	748	100

Table 4. The mean perception values of antecedents of destructive leadership.

	N	Mean	Std. Deviation	Std. Error Mean	Sig. (2-tailed)
Leader Behaviour	748	3.25	0.96	0.04	0
Conducive Environment	747	3.06	0.71	0.03	0.02
Susceptible Followers	748	3.15	0.74	0.03	0
Antecedents of DLB	747	3.16	0.72	0.03	0

Table 5. The result of multiple regression analysis predicting prevalence of destructive leadership from its antecedents.

Model		Unstandardised Coefficients		Standardised Coefficients	T	Sig.	Collinearity Statistics
		B	Std. Error	Beta			Tolerance	VIF
1	(Constant)	0.07	0.101		0.678	0.498
	Leader Behaviour	0.38	0.032	0.393	11.816	0	0.475	2.103
	Conducive Environment	0.24	0.049	0.183	4.899	0	0.376	2.663
	Susceptible Followers	0.37	0.046	0.295	8.176	0	0.403	2.48

Table 6. The result of hierarchical regression analysis predicting destructive leadership prevalence from its antecedents.

Model	R	R Square	Adjusted R Square	F	F Change	df2	Sig. F Change
1	0.715	0.511	0.51	778.62***	778.62***	745	0
2	0.772	0.596	0.595	549.81***	157.46***	744	0
3	0.78	0.609	0.607	385.87***	24.00***	743	0

Predictors 1: (Constant), Leader Behaviour.

Predictors 2: (Constant), Leader Behaviour, Susceptible Followers.

Predictors 3: (Constant), Leader Behaviour, Susceptible Followers, Conducive environment.

Dependent Variable: Destructive Leadership Prevalence ***p < 0.001.