Since basic studies of educational leadership behavior have stressed psychometric evaluations at a single point in time, primarily through use of the Halpin Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire, questions about the dynamics and context of this leadership behavior have been largely ignored. Canadian researchers have found that an…

This research project attempted to (1) identify leader types from teacher descriptions of the leadership behaviors of elementary school principals and (2) study the effects of the leadership types on the organizational behavior of teachers. Teacher responses from 99 Iowa elementary schools revealed three basic principal leadership types. Using…

In a study to determine factors which cause or inhibit change in a school organization, 30 schools in five Western States were classified according to degree of innovativeness and organizational climate. Correlations were determined by analyzing four selected variables: Expenditures per student, age of staff, years of staff service, and size of…