2025 IJRSE – Volume 14 Issue 15
Available Online: 16 October 2025
Author/s:
Delizo, Kristen Tagami*
Nueva Vizcaya State University, Philippines (tagamikristen10@gmail.com)
Vadil, Carlo F.
Nueva Vizcaya State University, Philippines (drvadil888@yahoo.com)
Abstract:
This study investigated the influence of situational leadership styles of school administrators on the organizational happiness of teachers in the Dupax del Norte I District during the academic year 2024-2025. A quantitative descriptive–correlational research design was employed, utilizing validated instruments to measure four situational leadership styles—directing, coaching, supporting, and delegating—and five organizational happiness dimensions: supportive relationships, meaningful work, inclusive environment, learning and development, and engagement and empowerment. Data were gathered from 82 teachers across ten public elementary schools and analyzed using mean, Pearson r, and Coefficient of Determination at 0.05 significance level. Results indicated a high level of leadership, with coaching rated highest, followed by supporting, directing, and delegating. Organizational happiness was likewise rated high, with engagement and empowerment emerging as the top dimension. A strong, positive, and statistically significant relationship was found between situational leadership styles and organizational happiness, with leadership styles accounting at 81.54% determination degree. All individual leadership styles demonstrated significant positive correlations with the happiness dimensions. Based on the findings, two training programs were developed: Leading with Purpose for school administrators to enhance adaptive leadership, and Empowering Educators through Organizational Happiness for teachers to promote well-being and engagement. The study concludes that adaptive leadership plays a crucial role in fostering a thriving school culture and recommends integrating leadership and well-being initiatives into institutional professional development plans, with further validation in diverse educational contexts.
Keywords: educational management intervention, organizational happiness, situational leadership styles
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrse.2025.25288
Cite this article:
Delizo, K. T., & Vadil, C. F. (2025). Determining role of administrators’ situational leadership styles in organizational happiness of public elementary schools in Dupax del Norte I District. International Journal of Research Studies in Education, 14(15), 227-245. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrse.2025.25288
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