LEADERSHIP STYLES PREVAILING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE TRIANGLE AREA IN THE PALESTINIAN INTERIOR, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE FROM THE TEACHERS' POINT OF VIEW
This study aimed to identify the leadership patterns prevailing among primary school principals in the Triangle area in the Palestinian interior, and their relationship to the organizational climate from the teachers' point of view, and the descriptive approach was used, as it is more suitable for such studies. The study relied on the questionnaire in data collection, a questionnaire was used to measure leadership styles (democratic style, autocratic style) dictatorship and the transmitter pattern) among primary school principals, and a questionnaire to measure the areas of organizational climate communication and communication, working conditions, organizational and administrative structure) among teachers. The study population consisted of all primary school teachers in the Triangle area in the Palestinian interior, numbering (2760) teachers, and the study sample consisted of (386) teachers. The results showed that the prevailing leadership style among primary school principals, in the triangle area in the Palestinian interior is the democratic pattern, and it came at a high level, and the results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences due to the variables of gender and experience, the results also showed that the organizational climate came to a high degree, as well as The results showed a positive correlation between the democratic leadership style and the organizational climate, as it was found that the more the level of democratic leadership style prevails, the more positive the organizational climate becomes , and the results showed a negative correlation between the autocratic leadership style (dictatorship) and the organizational climate.
Keywords: Leadership Styles, Organizational Climate, Primary Schools, Triangle Area.