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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 styles of College Principals and their Gender. Researches on managers (formal leaders) in different settings suggest that Leadership style, managerial decision-making style, and Motivation are important factors for managerial effectiveness (Bass, 1990). The study used the Leadership Questionnaire (Lewin, Lippit and White (1939) 18 questions to determine Leadership style. Thus Leadership styles is taken as the primary dependent variable and Gender was taken as Independent variables for the purpose of this study. A survey of 130 College Principals (51 males and 79 females) was selected from 179 Colleges in Kanyakumari District for this study. It was hypothesized in this research that there is no statistically significant relationship existed between the dependent variable leadership Style and an independent variable Gender. Hypotheses tested using Independent Sample T-Test. The finding reveals that most of the College Principals in Kanyakumari District are Democratic leaders. Therefore there is a statistically significant difference between the means of the two groups. And it also revealed that there is statistically significant relationship existed between the leadership style of College Principal and their Gender. Male and Female Principal has difference in Leadership Style.