The ethical leadership of school principals of the Directorate of Education of the Kasbah of Irbid and its relationship to developing the creative behavior of teachers from their point of view

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the ethical leadership of the principals of the schools of the Directorate of Education in the Kasbah of Irbid, and to analyze its relationship to the development of creative behavior among teachers from their point of view. The sample included (363) male and female teachers during the academic year (2024-2025), and the descriptive survey approach was used, and a questionnaire was developed as the main tool for the study, consisting of (35) items distributed on two main axes. The results showed that the general arithmetic average of the practice of ethical leadership by school principals, according to the opinions of teachers, was at an average level, and the level of creative behavior among school teachers was also average, and the study found a statistically significant positive relationship between the moral leadership of school principals and the development of creative behavior among teachers from their point of view, and the results also revealed that there were statistically significant differences in the degree of ethical leadership practice attributed to gender, where the differences were in favor of males, while no differences appeared Statistically significant based on the variables of academic qualification and years of experience. However, statistically significant differences were found in the development of creative behavior among teachers based on years of experience, where the differences were in favor of teachers with less than (10) years of experience, and there were no differences according to the variables of academic qualification and gender.