Abstract : The aim of the study was to evaluate the decision-making styles of the principals of high schools with respect to their type of Institution, religion and administrative experience. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted amongst the principals of High schools of Barmer district from the Rajasthan State. The sample for the present study consisted of 60Principals from various High Schools of Barmer District. The data was collected using the decision-making style scale which comprised of 48 items with a maximum score of 48. Statistically, no significant no significant difference in the decision-making styles of Principals of High schools with respect to the type of institution, religious background and administrative experiences were noted. The study revealed that all the Principals from both Government and Private High Schools adopts same type of decision-making styles to handle different problems. Decision-making is considered as situational or contextual. Being the leader of the school i.e., Principals make various decisions which decides their style of decision-making as these are nothing but the habitual patterns of an individual. It can be concluded that decisions are made continually by school administrators. Thus, decision-making is an important part of the school.

Keywords: Decision-making styles, Principals, Leadership, High school.