The Leadership Styles and Performance Commitment of the School Administrators in Gigaquit District, Divison of Surigao Del Norte

The school administrators of Gigaquit District – Surigao del Norte Division, like any other government employees, are required to comply with and accomplish the Results-Based Performance Management System (RPMS) – Office Performance and Commitment Review (OPCR) every end of the school year as mandated by the Civil Service Commission. This is used for development purposes and basis for rewards and development which covers the performance commitment for the year. Moreover, this study aimed to assess the extent of leadership styles and the performance commitment of the school administrators. Within the quantitative research; a descriptive correlational research design particularly the survey method was used to describe relationship between leadership styles and the performance commitment of the respondents. The significant difference among the leadership styles of which 18 school administrators responded thru a survey questionnaire and which data were treated using the statistical tools such as simple percentage, weighted mean, cluster analysis and Pearson product-moment correlation. The results showed that servant and transformational leadership style had a positive relationship with performance commitment, whereas authentic and transactional leadership style had a negative relationship. And since there was a significant relationship between transformational leadership styles and performance commitment, this implies that transformational leadership style is deemed suitable for school administrators to practice achieving higher quality of performance commitment. Therefore, who wants to adopt higher quality of performance commitment must resource their vii initiatives and increase the capabilities of the institution aiming to be world class by providing leadership programs to school administrators.