ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP AND SCHOOL INNOVATION CAPACITY: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Abstract

The study investigated the relationship between adaptive leadership and innovation capacity of secondary schools, both public and private schools. It also examined if there is any interaction between this relationship and school type, the female and male and teaching experience. The study employed a quantitative cross-sectional type of research and a total of 200 public and private teachers and school leaders participated in the study. The instruments employed for the research were two research instruments, namely the Adaptive Leadership Scale and School Innovation Capacity Scale. The results revealed that there is a high degree of correlation between the adaptive leadership and the school's innovation capacity. It also implies that those schools led by flexible, responsive, and change-oriented leaders are likely to involve in innovative practices and create an innovative environment. The results also indicated that adaptive leadership is a strong predictor of school innovation capacity and accounts for a good amount of variance in school innovation. Furthermore, the participants from private schools showed higher capacity in school innovation than participants from public schools. The moderation analysis further revealed that the school type, teaching experience and gender were all moderators of the relationship between adaptive leadership and school innovation capacity.