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Felder, B. Dell – 1982
This paper identifies the factors that can make a building principal an effective instructional leader, as seen from the superintendent's perspective. According to the author, the effective instructional leader helps those in the educational community define instructional goals and objectives, works to develop effectiveness in teaching, builds a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Responsibility
Durand, Henry F.; Reister, Barry W. – 1985
One goal of student affairs programming is the promotion of character development. Based on the assumption that empathy training will have a significant impact on character development, a study was designed which incorporated the listening skills (empathy) training of the Sierra Project (Whitely, 1982) with the Hersey/Blanchard model for…
Descriptors: College Students, Empathy, Higher Education, Leadership Styles
Yackel, Ivan – 1984
The purpose of this study was to determine the nature of the relationship between leadership style and administrative stress in the rural principalship. Administrative stress was examined in terms of boundary-spanning, role-based, conflict-mediating, and task-based stressors, using measures of both frequency and intensity. The potential role of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1978
Eleven annotations based on recent entries in the ERIC system concern school administrators' leadership role. Research studies cited deal with principals' role in curriculum development and instructional improvement, types of behavior related to leadership effectiveness, and evaluations of principals by experienced teachers. Also included are…
Descriptors: Administrators, Annotated Bibliographies, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
DeLuca, Nicholas M. – 1976
This report focuses on the decision-making process of institutions of higher education and their consortia as they responded to a New York State Education Department mandate for competency based teacher education programs. The following questions guided the research: (1) Who was involved in making decisions about policy board composition,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Consortia, Decision Making, Educational Planning
Hardy, Robert C. – 1982
Fiedler's Contingency Model postulates that the effectiveness of leaders results from a relationship between leadership style and situational favorability. Leadership style is measured with Fiedler's Least Preferred Coworker Scale, which assesses whether the person rating the coworker is task-oriented or oriented towards interpersonal relations.…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Graduate School Faculty, Group Dynamics, Higher Education
Lawson, Jasper; Blumberg, Daniel – 1982
This study was conducted to identify types of interactions associated with social influence among school children at three grade levels. Social influence was defined in terms of the ways in which a child attempted to convince other group members to adopt his or her opinions about the appearance of three different inkblots. Eighteen kindergarten,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Group Dynamics
Deegan, William L. – 1981
Management processes and problems are examined in a variety of student affairs contexts. This book (1) proposes a theoretical framework for the analysis of management functions in colleges and universities, (2) studies the practice of management in several different student affairs contexts to uncover current practices, issues, problems, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Higher Education, Leadership Styles
Paul, Wayne L. – 1977
The leadership variables of "consideration" and "structure" have been identified as two important factors in previous research. To obtain information on how chief student personnel administrators (CSPA) viewed the supervision of professional subordinates in large, public universities, a nationwide survey was taken during the 1978 school year.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Employer Employee Relationship
Mazzarella, Jo Ann – 1981
Chapter 3 of a volume on school leadership, this chapter reviews theories of leadership style. After defining leadership style simply as "how the leader leads," the author presents and explains significant ideas about the important components and environmental determinants of leadership style. The author looks at leadership style theories that…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Behavior Theories, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Singleton, George; Andersen, Peter A. – 1980
Two studies investigated the reliability and validity of a self-report instrument designed to measure the political opinion construct. The instrument, the Measure of Political Opinion Leadership (MOPOL), was tested against six criteria: (1) overall internal reliability, (2) reliability across varied populations, (3) face validity, (4) discriminant…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Research, Communication Skills, High Schools
Rankin, Robb E. – 1981
The major purpose of this study was to observe, describe, and explain the decision-making processes and associated leadership behavior of teachers and advisors in secondary schools that individualize their educational programs. Two senior high schools and two middle schools were chosen for observation in this study. A companion study by Dunstan…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Departments, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Program Divisions
Brottman, Marvin A. – 1981
The role of assistant principal has changed very little over the past 50 years. Now this traditional role must be reconceived as a position parallel to that of the principal, but with responsibilities in specialized areas. The new position should include decision-making authority and should possibly require certification from the state. Studies on…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Assistant Principals, Certification
Marsee, Stuart E. – 1979
The administrator must learn to organize personnel and to delegate responsibilities with commensurate authority while maintaining an impersonal yet friendly, approachable, consistent, and fair manner. Recognizing that even the best administrator is prone to make some mistakes and that he cannot satisfy everyone all the time is also important. The…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrators, College Administration, Community Colleges
Cawelti, Gordon – 1980
Research evidence on the effects of schooling continues to demonstrate that schools with effective leadership produce more learning than other schools do. Today's instructional leader must possess skills in the four areas of curriculum development, clinical supervision, staff development, and teacher evaluation. Recent research also reveals a list…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Curriculum Development
