The intention of this study is to broaden the knowledge base of HRD through the investigation of the relationships between emotional intelligence, and leadership style. This study was conducted using a correlational research design. Two surveys were administered: The MSCEIT (Mayer, Salovey, & Caruso, 2002) and the MLQ5x (Bass & Avolio, 2000) to…

Effective school leadership requires an understanding of the tension between the technical and symbolic aspects of leadership. This paper presents findings of a study that examined principals' self-reported leadership orientations. A survey (the Principal Behavior Inventory) mailed to 865 secondary principals at Ohio public and private schools…

When an education leader develops and maintains policies that line up with the imperatives of ethical and authentic behavior, this defines the character of both the leader and the organization. Some of the questions surrounding this assertion are examined in this paper. It looks at what it means when a leader behaves in an authentic fashion, how…

The best leaders use multiple frames or lenses to view common challenges and to solve their most difficult problems. This book contains a series of dialogs between a novice and a master teacher, and between a new and a seasoned principal as they demonstrate how framing and reframing challenges can bring clarity, help to anticipate problems, and…

In the early 1990s, New Zealand attempted a comprehensive reform of educational administration in early childhood, primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. Polytechnic universities were included in calls for proposals. A comparative study of analogous Australian, American, Canadian, European, and Chilean institutions and interviews with managers…

Groups in the experimental condition were significantly more member and work centered than groups in the cognitive condition. The results supported the implication that an experiential leadership style possesses greater potential for member-related discussion (content) and member-centered interaction (work). (Author)

The present investigation consists of two studies which examined the effects of encounter group training on locus of control as measured by Rotter's (1966) Internal-External Locus of Control scale. (Author)

This study is concerned with the way teachers and administrators work together in groups to solve problems. More specifically, it examines the orientation of leaders and the manner in which they react to inputs from subordinates in a group problemsolving setting and the subsequent influences of these reactions on the generation of additional…

Study reports a validation exercise of Fiedler's theory of leadership conducted during a school practice period in a women's specialist college of physical education. (Authors/CB)

The intention of this study is to explore the possibility that the leader behaves differently to different subordinates. (Author)

Author contends that much of the confusion that comes to those who seek to understand and then to implement MBO lies in the special interpretations attached to it or in the unique emphasis placed on particular parts of it by various writers. (Author/CB)

Author differentiates and describes flexibility and drift and also unites them with the neutral concept of style flex" in discussing managerial effectiveness; checklists are included. (Editor/SP)

Describes trend toward team hiring in academic marketplace. (IR)

Describes and compares findings of two studies made a decade apart and in different parts of the country covering role perceptions of elementary school principals -- what they thought their roles actually were and what they thought they should be. (Author)