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Educational Leadership

2012

Alternative Education

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Impact Of Leadership Effectiveness And Organizational Climate On Academic Achievement In Memphis City Schools' Alternative High Schools, Billy J. Walker Jan 2012

Impact Of Leadership Effectiveness And Organizational Climate On Academic Achievement In Memphis City Schools' Alternative High Schools, Billy J. Walker

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The primary purpose of this study was to conduct an investigation to determine the relationships between leadership effectiveness, organizational climate, and academic achievement in Memphis City Schools' alternative high schools. In this quantitative study, the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) was used to gather leadership effectiveness perceptions, and the Gallup Q12 was used to gather organizational climate surveys from the four regional alternative high schools in Memphis City Schools. The survey instruments were distributed to over 120 principals, teachers, and educational support staff with 103 (85.83%) responding. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), two-way analysis of variance (Two-Way ANOVA), and a Pearson's correlation …