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Principals' Leadership Styles And Their Impact On School Climate: Assistant Principals' Perceptions, Bruce R. Mccolumn
Principals' Leadership Styles And Their Impact On School Climate: Assistant Principals' Perceptions, Bruce R. Mccolumn
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The primary focus of this study is to explore the perceptions of assistant principals as to how their principals' leadership styles impact school climate. A school's climate plays a vital role in student achievement and principals are the most important factor in setting a setting a school's climate. Therefore, principals' leadership behaviors warrant investigating. This qualitative study identified principal leadership styles through the perceptions of their assistant principals. Interactive interviews were conducted with selected assistant principals in the XYZ School System. Their responses were analyzed, themed and coded to draw a connection between principal leadership style and school climate. These …