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Teacher Efficacy, Administrator Efficacy, School Culture, And Leadership Density., Roy Wade Smith
Teacher Efficacy, Administrator Efficacy, School Culture, And Leadership Density., Roy Wade Smith
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study examined new means for conceptualizing leadership in schools from a non-centrist perspective. Specifically, leadership in schools was conceived of, and studied as, an organizational construct rather than a set of personal attributes associated with positional authority. This non-centrist view of leadership is termed leadership density (Sergiovanni, 1987; Ellett, 1996), and is metaphorically represented in the study by characteristics of a small jazz combo. The primary focus of the study was the development of a new conceptual model of leadership, grounded within the small jazz combo metaphor. In an attempt to understand leadership from this new perspective, linkages between …
Women Who Lead High Schools: A Missing Element In Leadership Theory., Kristy Brock Hebert
Women Who Lead High Schools: A Missing Element In Leadership Theory., Kristy Brock Hebert
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
I addressed the problem that leadership theory is lacking in regard to how women lead high schools. My primary purpose was to contribute to the limited literature that exists regarding the leadership practices of women who are high school principals. I explored the notion of a female culture of school leadership and situated that culture among quintessential theory dictated by organizational research. I conducted this study in two phases. In Phase One I reported the demographics of 44 female high school principals in Louisiana along with their self-reported values on 32 leadership characteristics. Most important to their leadership were: communication, …
Follower Incremental Compliance As A Function Of Leader Self-Monitoring Skills And Leader Situational Control (Discretion)., Tanya Cheer Clemons
Follower Incremental Compliance As A Function Of Leader Self-Monitoring Skills And Leader Situational Control (Discretion)., Tanya Cheer Clemons
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study examines the moderating effects of two task variables--task structure and leader discretion--on the relationship between leader self-monitoring and the organizational outcomes of subordinate satisfaction, commitment, and job performance. It was hypothesized that task structure would be a negative moderator of the leadership-organizational outcomes relationships, whereas leader discretion would be a positive moderator. That is, leader self-monitoring would be significantly correlated with measures of subordinate satisfaction, commitment, and job performance when task structure was low and leader discretion was high. Data were collected from 58 upper-middle level managers of a large chemical processing plant, their 58 immediate superiors, and …
Effects Of Explicit Discussion Guidelines And An Acceptance Goal On The Acceptance And Quality Of Group Decisions., Courtland Merlyn Chaney
Effects Of Explicit Discussion Guidelines And An Acceptance Goal On The Acceptance And Quality Of Group Decisions., Courtland Merlyn Chaney
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
A study was conducted using a total of 144 male and female college undergraduates to determine whether an explicit statement of the group goal of acceptance along with specific discussion guidelines on how to achieve this goal could have a facilitative effect on the quality and/or acceptance of the solution reached by a group. Hypothesis were generated from Hoffman's hierarchical model of the group problem-solving process and previous research. The results revealed nonsignificant increments in individual acceptance, individual and group improvement, and time required by groups to reach a decision, as a result of providing a greater amount of explicitness …
Teacher Perception Of Leadership Behavior Of Principals Compared With Teacher Perception Of The Learning Climate In Selected Secondary Schools., Charles Edward Scott
Teacher Perception Of Leadership Behavior Of Principals Compared With Teacher Perception Of The Learning Climate In Selected Secondary Schools., Charles Edward Scott
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
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A Causal Investigation Into The Relationships Between Supervisory Leadership Styles And Subordinate Satisfaction And Performance., Kent Edward Curran
A Causal Investigation Into The Relationships Between Supervisory Leadership Styles And Subordinate Satisfaction And Performance., Kent Edward Curran
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
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