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Faculty Perceptions Of Shared Decision Making And The Principal's Leadership Behaviors In Duval County Secondary Schools, Donald Wayne Leech

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Members of the school community should work collaboratively in the educating of students. Teachers and principals must understand that their traditional roles have changed and improved organizational teamwork will be fostered by all members of the learning community assuming decision making roles. Toward this end, the purpose of this correlational study was to explore the relationship between teachers' perceptions of the leadership behaviors of Duval County secondary school principals and their perceptions of the level of shared decision making practiced in their schools. This study provides insight into principal behaviors which nurture participation.

Leadership behavior was operationalized by the responses …