This correlational study examined the relationship between principals' transformational leadership behaviors, as perceived by teachers, and student achievement on standardized tests. Participants in this study included teachers in two suburban high schools and six suburban elementary schools in Georgia. Research demonstrates a correlation between…

Expanding the sources of leadership in schools has been a reform theme since the mid 1980s. Using exploratory factor analysis and regression, we examine the following questions: (1) How does leadership style affect principals' openness to community involvement? (2) Is a principal's openness to community involvement related to student achievement?…

An examination of the effectiveness of a group leader given varying levels of leader-to-group agreement on issues. (CH)

Today's paucity of effective leadership depends in part on the mistaken idea that leadership is a set of activities and behaviors isolated from everything else. Effective leadership, rather, is a product of the interdependence between leader behavior and a number of circumstantial variables. These variables include (1) the social, economic and…

This study provided information concerning existing and ideal leadership styles and assessed the relevancy of the Concern for "Production" and Concern for "People" grid concepts to a more global evaluation of principals. A sample consisted of 115 experienced teachers enrolled in graduate courses at two universities located in…

This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC" contains 21 annotations of documents and journal articles on leadership styles, all of which are indexed in the ERIC system. Materials on organizational structures, the principal's role, management teams, and other topics are annotated. (DS)

The situational leader combines the best of many theories by selecting theoretical constructs that will assist in making the proper decision at the opportune moment. (Author)

Relationships among instrumental, supportive, and participative leader behaviors, task variability and task interdependence, and job satisfaction and organizational commitment were examined in a police command bureaucracy. (Author)

Provides examples of ways an administrator can transform his weaknesses into strengths. An administrator must know who he is and what his best style is. (Author/IRT)

Based on analysis of 31 management case studies, the authors conclude that managers who are consistent in the way they tackle day-to-day problems are likely to be much less successful than managers who analyze each situation individually and adjust their approach accordingly. (Author/JG)

Explores basic leadership concepts, demolishes three leadership myths, and advises principals concerning ways to vary their management styles using either directive or interactive behavior. Choice of style depends on the situation and a particular subordinate's degree of readiness or compliance. (MLH)

Considers Elisabeth Kubler-Ross as a charismatic religious leader and examines the feminine quality of her message and leadership style. An examination of the prospects for an enduring cultural innovation based on Kubler-Ross's work concludes that her leadership does not conform to conditions necessary for institutionalization of her charismatic…

Describes the Theory Z management approach as postulated by William G. Ouchi and presents steps to be considered by postsecondary departments of vocational education attempting to implement this approach. (NRJ)

Principals, being persons of consequence, are bigwigs, says the author. He offers nine declarations (beatitudes) that he feels should be exhibited in the leadership style of the bigwigs in our nation's schools. (Editor/RK)

Twenty-nine of the world's greatest thinkers explore the need for a new paradigm in leadership. Their views are presented in 23 chapters: (1) "The New Pluralism" (Peter F. Drucker); (2) "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down" (Jim Collins); (3) "Preparing for Leadership" (C. K. Prahalad); (4) "Leading the Distributed Organization" (William Bridges);…