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Herbert D. Perez¹ & Aileen V. Elarco²
¹Department of Education – Schools Division Office (SDO) Tayabas City
²Southern Luzon State University (SLSU) - Catanauan, Quezon
Effective leadership in public education requires not only technical competence but also sustained motivation and resilience. This qualitative phenomenological study examined how hierarchical needs satisfaction and grit shape the leadership experiences of Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs) in the Department of Education (DepEd) Region IV-A (CALABARZON), Philippines. Anchored in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and the concept of grit, the study explored how internal motivation and perseverance contribute to executive leadership effectiveness in a complex public-sector environment. Five Schools Division Superintendents holding CESO ranks were purposively selected, with data gathered through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions with subordinates, and interviews with school board members. Thematic analysis revealed that CESOs derive leadership fulfillment through interconnected levels of need satisfaction, particularly professional purpose, collaboration, and self-actualization, while grit, manifested through goal-directedness, emotional regulation, perseverance, and adaptive innovation, enabled them to sustain effectiveness amid bureaucratic and systemic challenges. The study proposes a leadership model - the Arrowed Pentagon Motivational Leadership Model illustrating the dynamic convergence of needs satisfaction and grit, offering practical insights for leadership development and policy formulation in public education.
Keywords: career executive service officer, grit in leadership, motivational leadership model, hierarchical needs satisfaction
Ang epektibong pamumuno sa mga pampublikong paaralan ay nangangailangan hindi lamang ng teknikal na kakayahan kundi pati ng matatag na motibasyon at katatagan ng loob. Sinuri sa kwalitatibong penomenolohikal na pag-aaral na ito kung paano hinuhubog ng kasiyahan sa mga pangangailangang nakahanay sa herarkiya at ng grit (tatag at pagpupursige) ang mga karanasan sa pamumuno ng mga Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs) sa Kagawaran ng Edukasyon (DepEd) Rehiyon IV-A (CALABARZON), Pilipinas. Nakabatay ang pag-aaral sa Teorya ng Herarkiya ng mga Pangangailangan ni Maslow at sa konsepto ng grit, at nilayon nitong maunawaan kung paano nakatutulong ang panloob na motibasyon at pagpupursige sa pagiging epektibo ng ehekutibong pamumuno sa isang masalimuot na kapaligiran ng pampublikong sektor. Limang Schools Division Superintendents na may ranggong CESO ang sadyang pinili bilang mga kalahok. Nakalap ang datos sa pamamagitan ng masusing panayam, focus group discussion kasama ang kanilang mga nasasakupan, at mga panayam sa mga miyembro ng school board. Lumitaw sa tematikong pagsusuri na nakakamit ng mga CESO ang kaganapan sa pamumuno sa pamamagitan ng magkakaugnay na antas ng kasiyahan sa mga pangangailangan, lalo na sa usapin ng propesyonal na layunin, kolaborasyon, at pagsasakatuparan ng sarili. Samantala, ang grit—na naipakikita sa pamamagitan ng malinaw na pagtutok sa layunin, regulasyong emosyonal, pagpupursige, at kakayahang umangkop at magpabago—ay nagbigay sa kanila ng kakayahang mapanatili ang pagiging epektibo sa kabila ng mga hamong burukratiko at sistemiko. Bunga nito, iminungkahi ng pag-aaral ang isang modelo ng pamumuno na tinawag na Arrowed Pentagon Motivational Leadership Model, na nagpapakita ng dinamikong pagsasanib ng kasiyahan sa mga pangangailangan at grit. Nag-aalok ang modelong ito ng mga praktikal na pananaw para sa pagpapaunlad ng pamumuno at pagbubuo ng mga patakaran sa mga pampublikong paaralan.
Mga Susing Salita: Career Executive Service Officer, grit sa pamumuno, modelo ng motibasyonal na pamumuno, kasiyahan sa mga pangangailangang nakahanay sa herarkiya
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