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C.S. Ramanigopal
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra
A teacher is the focal point in an educational system. Kothari Commission
(1964 – 66) emphasized in its report that the teachers are having crucial role to
play in educational reform. It also stressed the importance of professional
development of the teachers at various levels. The conflict model of decision
making is of recent origin. We do not have adequate investigative results to
definitely prove the relationship between self-esteem and decision making styles.
The present study was conducted to examine the relationship between selfesteem and decision making styles of school teachers. 132 teachers of various
higher secondary schools (male 82 and female 50) have participated in the
study. Leon Mann’s Decision Making Questionnaire I and II were used to collect
the data. The findings of the study revealed that (i) there is a significant positive
relationship exist between self-esteem and vigilant style of decision making, (ii)
there is a significant negative relationship exist between self-esteem and non
vigilant styles such as hyper vigilance, defensive avoidance, rationalization, buck
passing and procrastination styles of decision making.
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