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2017

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Exemplary K-12 Superintendents And The Behaviors They Use To Create Personal And Organizational Meaning, Frances E. Hansell Mar 2017

Exemplary K-12 Superintendents And The Behaviors They Use To Create Personal And Organizational Meaning, Frances E. Hansell

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Purpose: The purpose of this thematic, mixed-methods case study was to identify and describe the behaviors that exemplary K-12 superintendents use to create personal and organizational meaning for themselves and their followers through character, vision, relationships, wisdom, and inspiration. In addition, it was the purpose of this study to determine the degree of importance to which followers perceive the behaviors related to character, vision, relationships, wisdom, and inspiration help to create personal and organizational meaning.

Methodology: This study was accomplished through interviews of exemplary K-12 superintendents in urban and suburban public school districts in Northern California and surveying followers in …