Abstract

The correlation of self-esteem and peer support for teachers and students has been reported by many researches. ‘Academic leader’ is a term used for teachers which depicts their role at different academic levels like; primary and secondary schools, colleges, and universities. Given the constraint of time and resources, the scope of this study was limited to academic leaders at higher education level. Lahore was purposively selected, being a hub of educational activities in the province. For data collection, 5 universities from Lahore were randomly selected while 300 academic teachers employed in these universities were purposively accessed. Two separate questionnaires for measuring self-esteem and the extent of peer support were adopted. Out of three hundred, two hundred and twenty five questionnaires were received back. t- Test and Pearson correlations were applied to analyze the data. Study indicated that male and senior leaders had higher self-esteem level than their female counterpart and juniors, but they reported receiving less peer support. Although no significant correlation was reported but gender differences exist in correlation of self-esteem of academic leadership. The correlation was higher for male academic leaders than the female. The study concludes that academic leaders in universities have significant level of self-esteem, and peer support significantly matters for boosting their self-esteem.