Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1998. / Title from title page screen, viewed June 30, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Larry McNeal (chair), George Padavil, Lemuel Watson, Joe Parks. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-126) and abstract. Also available in print.

The purposes of this study were to investigate the evolution of the school climate during the first year of a new principal's assignment to the school as perceived by the principal and the teachers; and to investigate the relationship between the school climate and the leadership behavior of the principal as perceived by the principal and the teachers. In addition, an investigation was made of the relationship between the teachers' perception of the principal's leadership behavior and the self-evaluated leadership behavior of the principal.

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The study proposed to determine the relationship of the teachers' perception of the organizational climate of the school as measured by the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (Halpin) and leader behavior as measures by the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire (Halpin) with teacher job satisfaction as measured by the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire.