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Principals’ And Teachers’ Perceptions Of The Importance Of Transformational Leadership Behaviors Of Effective Principals, Becky Evers-Gerdes

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The purpose of this study was to analyze the perceptions of principals and teachers regarding the transformational leadership behaviors (“leadership behaviors”) of effective elementary school principals. The study compared the perceptions among different demographic groups, categorized by professional role, gender, school district location, and years of experience. The survey population was all elementary principals and teachers in the state of Minnesota. The survey contained three sections: a Likert scale rating the importance of each transformational leadership behavior in effective school principals, a forced choice section identifying the five most important transformational leadership behaviors of an effective principal, and an open-ended …