Subjects read discussion group transcripts and evaluated the performance of group members, the group leader, and the group as a whole. Discussants' names were varied to represent male or female leadership and all-male, all-female or half-and-half group membership. The data supported two of the three coping strategies postulated as alternatives to…

The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship of sex, coach behavior, leadership style, and coach-player interaction in a university setting. A statistical experiment was designed using a population of 10 coaches (five male and five female) and six randomly selected players from each coach's team. The Leader Behavior Description…

The focus of this paper is concerned with the interaction of leadership-learning style preferences, instructional styles, and group dynamics principles involved in classroom communication. The importance of teachers tempering their leadership style and instructional models to facilitate efficient learning for students of different learning styles…

Differences in management and organizational skills of effective and less effective classroom managers are presented. Findings are drawn from extensive observations of 28 third-grade teachers who were observed from the beginning of the school year. Findings suggest that teachers who are successful managers arrange to prevent problems from…

Managerial effectiveness of educational administrators is eroded if they are unable to respond to organizational problems with flexibility. Little has been done to evaluate the effectiveness of workshop experiences in increasing managerial flexibility and awareness of human relations as an important parameter of production. Flexibility can be…

The presentation explores the efficiency of the Moulton-Blake managerial Grid as the theoretical base for a decision simulation focusing on the leadership styles practiced by elementary principals. Three decision areas--organization, curriclum, and interpersonal relations--are identified as key areas in which elementary principals are expected to…

At the present time, over 2,000 elementary schools in this country have adopted a model known as Individually Guided Education (IGE). This research carried out in 59 elementary schools in Connecticut disputed the claim of IGE advocates that the organizational component of the IGE model known as Multi Unit School (MUS) offers a more facilitative…

The hypothesis that individual differences in psychological differentiation are related to the perceptions of the independence of leadership behaviors was tested. After viewing a supervisor-subordinate interaction sequence on closed circuit television tape, subjects responded to questionnaires measuring their perception/judgments of the…

The purpose of this investigation was to describe behaviors observed as comprising leadership contention and gender differences in groups. As defined in this study, leadership contention differs from leadership in that it is comprised of behaviors individuals derive from their beliefs about what leaders do and is also specifically concerned with a…

The purpose of this study was to make a preliminary effort to explore subordinate perceptions of authority as measured by semantic differential-type scales through factor analytic techniques in order to determine the dimensional structure which results from subordinate responses to the question of authority use. Descriptions of authority from…

The principal's main role must be that of a change agent who is attempting to improve instruction by improving teaching, and the best way to improve teaching is to change teacher behavior. This improvement is possible only through changes in the instructional pattern of the teacher. Some methods of procedure and discussion of leadership patterns…

This study was designed to determine the communication characteristics which group members perceive as constituting the amount of influence of a designated leader, the communication characteristics which designated leaders perceive as consituting their own amount of influence, and the degree of similarity between the leader's and others'…

This publication examines the importance of humaneness in the schools. It considers the development of courtesy, gratitude, appreciation, and a sense of empathy among individuals. The use of self-discipline to organize time and talent to produce humaneness is discussed. Trends leading toward and away from greater humanization in the schools are…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the leadership behavior of Residence Life staff members, the management styles of the organization and their relationship to each other. Staff members and students within the Residence Life Program at Ohio University comprised the sample used. Staff perceptions on the Profile on Organizational…

This study examined the effects of different degrees of task structure on leadership between 18 married parents, 18 childless married spouses, and 18 unmarried men and women who comprised newly acquainted couples. Each couple completed three tasks which varied along the dimension of task structure and the order of task presentation. Analysis of…