Examines a newly hired Chief Executive Officer's use of extended epic metaphor in building corporate culture. Analyzes the text of a speech he never gave but sent out in a leadership manual to managers. Finds that in describing events, the metaphoric language suggesting heroes and competition contradicts the team management principles that he…

Survey responses from 1,213 Turkish management students indicated that the most motivating factors in job selection were power and authority, peaceful work environment, career advancement opportunities, and pay. Least motivating were close supervision, supervisor praise, performance feedback and a sense of belonging. Charismatic leadership style…

Examines the concept of leadership, core leadership traits, and the characteristics of teacher leadership. Identifies predictors of effective teacher leadership, including involvement in curriculum development, a wide range of interests, and a risk-taking temperament. Presents ways that middle school teachers may develop leadership roles,…

An observational study of two female education administrators identified two approaches: autocratic (technical/managerial) and democratic (participative/professional). Gender, expertise, and power are manifested in different ways in the two styles. (SK)

Examines two orthodoxies related to leadership and gender: Leadership is vested in males, and male leadership style is "macho." Draws implications for leadership role of female head teachers. (Contains 5 tables and 33 reference.) (PKP)

Case study of four high school principals examines the reciprocal influence between principals and teachers involving the principals' priorities and teacher-identified school norms. Finds that influence flowed from principals to teachers in all four high schools, but the teachers' influence on the principals is present in only two of the high…

Conceptual analysis, using three major arguments, of the relationships among the organizational structure of schools, leadership styles, and the supervision of teaching practices. One argument, for example, is that situational and transformational approaches to supervision are influential forms of professional development. Constructs arguments…

Describes how, after a 6-year hiatus, John R. Silber is in charge of Boston University again, and just as outspoken about what he expects from every constituency on the campus. (EV)

Describes a superintendent's plan of entry into a new school district. Includes six-step guide for entry plan survey. (PKP)

A study developed and tested a set of behavioral propositions through responses from 56 economic development planners (51 percent). The findings suggest that educational training has a relevant influence on the marketing management style of community economic development planners in California. (JOW)

The role that a school administrator plays in strategic planning will vary, depending on leadership style, district size, central office structure, and available financial resources. The administrator brave enough to facilitate the planning group must beware of certain pitfalls, including risking plan credibility, backing a conservative stance,…

Recounts a year in the life of a new principal. The author discovered the primary elements of survival in the fishbowl to be establishing positive school-community relations, developing patience, maintaining a global perspective on the organization's activities, and acquiring resiliency in response to the continual ebb and flow of people, ideas,…

Most extension district directors (n=66) who completed the Myers Briggs Type Inventory and Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventories II preferred the integrating style of conflict management. Significant relationships appeared between personality type and management style. Better understanding of types and styles can improve group dynamics, team…

Reviews 50 studies comparing the leadership styles of public school principals, finding some evidence for differences between the sexes. Female principals scored higher than males on task-oriented style measures but about the same on interpersonally oriented style measures. Females generally adopted a more democratic or participative style,…

Management theory often ignores cultural differences. Trainers should design learning strategies that encourage discussion of differences and establish a classroom climate in which one set of values is not automatically given precedence. (SK)