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Abstract
The study investigates the Leadership style of college principals in Kanyakumari District. It is also sought to determine if a statistically significant relationship existed between the Leadership style and Gender. Researches on managers (formal leaders) in different settings suggest that Leadership style, managerial decision-making style, and Motivation profile are the three important factors for managerial effectiveness (Bass, 1990). The study surveyed 130 college principals (51 males and 79 females) in Kanyakumari District. A null hypotheses is framed to check the statistically significant relationship existed between the Leadership style and Gender. Applied frequency and percentage analysis and Mean and SD to explore the Leadership style of College Principals and to test the Hypothesis applied Pearson t-test using SPSS. The finding reveals that there is a difference in the frequencies of male to female among the College Principals in Kanyakumari District. The majority (61.0%) n=79 of the Principals were female, compared with (39.0%) n= 51 male Principals. It reveals that most of the College Principals in Kanyakumari District lead their college in Democratic way. ”Male and Female principal has difference in Leadership Style” and it also reveals that Female (Woman) Principals are having very high range of intensity for Democratic Leadership style.