21st Century Leadership Skills Practiced by School Leaders in Pakistan During COVID-19 Pandemic
21st-century leaders need strong leadership skills to effectively lead schools. They must use and implement 21st-century skills for long term change. The study aimed to identify the practices of secondary school leaders of Rawalpindi city about [recommended] 21st century 4 Cs leadership skills (Competence, Character, Compassion & Courage) during the pandemic of Covid-19. This was exploratory research following the quantitative research approach. One hundred and nine school leaders were selected through a simple random sampling technique to complete an adapted survey questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used for analyzing and reporting the findings. Quantitative data analysis indicates that school leaders are using 21st-century leadership skills during Covid-19, but the level of use is dissimilar to the recommended 21st century 4 Cs leadership skills. It was identified that school leaders use relationship (mean= 4.21), Accountability (mean= 4.45), and Self-Belief (mean= 4.37) skills more than other sub-skills in their leadership practices. The findings recommend that policymakers and professional development organizations should plan workshops on these recommended leadership skills for school leaders so they can perform well under situations like Covid-19.
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21st Century Leadership Skills, School Leaders, and Practices
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(1) Mehr Bakht
Visiting Faculty, Department of Education, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Salma Nazar Khan
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Gerardo L Blanco
Academic Director, Center for International Higher Education. Boston College, USA.
Job Satisfaction Facet Company Policies and Practices of Public and Private Universities Teachers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Organizations claim to make policy changes for betterment in the workplace, improving operations or creating a safer environment for employees. But employees' initial reaction is often resistance to these changes unless they are convinced with the claim. This paper compares the opinions of teaching faculty of public and private universities on company policy and practices, sub variable of job satisfaction.The population contained all teaching faculty of universities in KP province. For drawing sample, universties selection was done randomly. Fourteen universities were selected through simple random sampling method out of 30 universites. 420 respondents were randomly selected from the population. Data collection was done through Minnesota Questionnaire. Insignificant difference is reported between the opinions of teaching faculty of these two sector universities on company policy and practices domain of their job satisfaction
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Job Satisfaction, Teaching Faculty, University, Policy and Practices
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(1) Rukhsana Aziz
PhD Scholar, Department of Education, Northern University, Nowshehra, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Rahmatullah Shah
Assistant Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of Science & Technology Bannu, KP, Pakistan.
Water Conservation Attitude of Residents of Rawalpindi
The study titled "Water conservation attitude of residents of Rawalpindi" was conducted in the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) area of Rawalpindi. The current study used a Quantitative research design and cross-sectional in nature. A total of 399 sampled respondents were selected by the Random sampling technique, and responders were male and female residents of Rawalpindi. The aim of the current study was to explore the residents' attitudes to water conservation and their consumption practices. For intending to study and understanding the topic with theoretical perspective researcher used the Theory of Reasoned Action/Planned Behavior by Ajzen and Fishbein (1980). Reliability analysis was carried out on the entire variables and explored a Cronbach Alpha of (.721). Hypothesis testing of the study showed that a positive association exists between attitudes and behavior towards water conservation, and with higher education, people exhibit a positive attitude to water conservation behavior.
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Water Consumption, Consumption Habits and Practices, Water-Efficient Appliances, Attitude towards Water
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(1) Adeela Iftikhar
MS Scholar, Department of Sociology, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Neelam Farid
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Sadia Nawaz
Teaching Research Associate, Department of Sociology, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan.