The Study of Secondary School Principals’ Performance Status According to Fiedler Theory in Bushehr: Iran's Perspective

This paper is to survey and determine the status of secondary school principals’ performance based on Fiedler Theory in Bushehr city, so two standardized questionnaires were applied to measure the principals’ performance and leadership status. Data was collected from 342 male and female teachers teaching in secondary schools in Bushehr city. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the collected data. Findings show that most principals have had relastionship-based leadership style and both male and female teachers’ thoughts were approximately similar about principals’ performance and leadership style.