Relationship of Growth Mindset of Secondary School Heads with their Job Behavior of Multan District, Punjab
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Growth Mindset, Job Behavior, School HeadsAbstract
The study focuses on the relationship of growth mindset with secondary school job behavior of district Multan. The key objective of the study was to examine the association between a growth mindset and the job behavior of school heads. A survey research design was used. A sample of 142 principals out of 221 school heads of secondary schools was taken through stratified random sampling. The questionnaire was used to collect data from the school heads. Content Validity Index (CVI) and Cronbach alpha were used to estimate the content validity and reliability, respectively. Pearson product correlation and regression analysis were used. The study concluded that a positive correlation was found between a growth mindset and secondary school job behavior. In other words, the job behavior of school heads would be better if they worked with a growth mindset.
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