Multicultural Leadership Competencies, Team Management Skills, Managerial Decision Making, and Work Behavior Among School Heads

The study developed a causal model of how multicultural leadership competencies, team management skills, and managerial decision-making skills of school heads affect their workplace behavior. Using a modified/self-made survey instrument, descriptive correlational, causal-comparative study design, and causal modeling were used. It was conducted in the Divisions of Misamis Oriental and El Salvador City. Data collected from the questionnaires were examined and interpreted using mean and standard deviation, Pearson Product-Moment Correlation, multiple regression, and path analysis. The findings revealed that school heads are multiculturally high in leadership competencies, highly skilled in team management, highly skilled in managerial decision-making, and have a very high level of work behavior. There was a statistically significant positive relationship between the school heads’ work behavior and multicultural leadership competencies, team management skills, and managerial decisionmaking skills. The way school leaders conduct themselves at work has a big impact on delegation, cultural communication, and strategic decisions. Model 4, known as Julls Model best fits school heads’ work behavior. Cultural communication and strategic decisions moderate the link between delegating and conduct at work.