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Relationship between authoritarian and laissez-faire leadership styles and perceived work climate by teachers in public educational institutions

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  • Carlos Arturo Miranda Cantillo

    (UMECIT - Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencia y Tecnología, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá)

  • Andrés León Pirela

    (UMECIT - Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencia y Tecnología, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá)

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This research analyzes the relationship between authoritarian and laissez-faire leadership styles exercised by managers and the work climate perceived by teachers in secondary education institutions in the municipality of Puerto Libertador, Córdoba, Colombia. It was approached from the perspective of a holistic understanding of science, using the holopractical method. It is explanatory in nature and adopted a transversal, non-experimental field design, with a census population of 144 teachers. Two validated instruments were applied: an adapted work climate scale (α = 0.92) and a leadership styles scale constructed and validated for this study (α = 0.951). The results reveal that authoritarian and laissez-faire leadership are highly or very highly present in more than 50% of the teachers. The overall work climate is perceived as moderately positive (mean = 2.60), but the dimensions of interpersonal relationships, group cohesion, and quality of working life are evaluated as negative. Spearman's correlation showed a strong and statistically significant positive relationship (r = 0.787; p

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Handle: RePEc:cvp:pedagi:v:4:y:2025:i:2:id:121
DOI: 10.69821/constellations.v4i2.121
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