This paper explores high school leadership by examining how leadership was experienced and understood by students, parents, and staff members in two secondary schools. The general question that guided the research was: How do members within high school communities experience and understand leadership? A collective case study approach was chosen…

One of the fundamental truths of education is that effective schools are created and sustained largely through effective leadership. While it is possible for strong leaders to help a school overcome problems and weaknesses, rarely is it possible for a school to rise above its leadership in order to achieve success. Both education lore and research…

More candid - and caustic - comments about the open-plan school and its effects on teachers, pupils and parents. (Author)

Thirty-eight high school principals and 237 members of their teaching staffs from an eight county area in New York participated in a study which examined personality characteristics of the principal and teacher participation in the decision-making process. (Authors)

Critically examines the research on planned change in organization style conducted by R. Golembiewski and S. Carrigan. (LN)

Studied the effects of a leader's self-disclosure and nonverbal behaviors on student group members' (N=40) perceptions of leader attractiveness. Students participated in one of four randomly assigned groups and rated a videotaped group leader. Results showed that high levels of self-disclosure had a significant positive effect on leader…

Analysis of the policy formation processes of a United States school district during a decade of declining enrollment yields some implications in the areas of policy generation dynamics, stages of policy formation, and appropriate leadership styles relevant to British administrators facing enrollment problems. (MJL)

Investigated relationships between counselors' (N=31) felt degree of burnout and their perceptions of school leadership style, themselves, their job, and their clients. Found that self-reported burnout was strongly related to counselors' perceptions and that self, job, and clients were all perceived more negatively as burnout increased. (Author/RC)

Reviews Douglas McGregor's "Theory X" and "Theory Y" views of teacher supervision. Concludes that supervisors need to understand the personal belief systems of the teachers they are supervising. (FL)

Examined aspects of job interview behavior that influence employer preference for a female managerial applicant in the human service field. Job interview vignettes, depicting female managerial applicants displaying various leadership and personality styles, were presented to employers (N=60). Results indicated most preferred combined warmth with…

Explores the school counselor's perception of the organization's leadership style. A survey of 31 counselors found that authoritarian leadership styles may result in a higher degree of burnout. Suggests the longer a counselor's tenure, the lower the degree of burnout reported, and the more participative the leadership style. (JAC)

Examines Gonzales' extensive rhetoric in his campaign to improve the life of Chicanos. Gonzales' rhetorical vision focused on the need for Chicanos to know and take pride in their heritage. Some of his harshest criticisms deal with the education of his people. (PD)

Explores the impact of sex role expectations upon leadership behavior and responses to that behavior by subordinates of male and female managers in a simulated business environment. (Author/JLF)

Provides a set of guiding principles for a philosophy of creative educational supervision. (JT)

Compares school desegregation in Dallas and Boston. Demonstrates how, in Dallas, successful leadership styles have brought about public acceptance of and community involvement in the desegregation process. (GC)