This study focused on the relationship between communicator style and leadership style of a select sample of principals. The primary research question addressed was whether a relationship existed between the self-perceived communicator style used by a principal and the leadership style teachers perceived that educational leader utilized. The second research question allowed for a comparison of the self-perceived communicator style used by a principal and perceptions by teachers of that same communicator style. Additionally, extraneous variables were tested for possible explanation of results. / The study involved an ex post facto or correlational research design. In order to investigate the relationship between communicator style and leadership style of principals, surveys were conducted in a sample of public schools in three Florida counties. / The principals rated themselves as being friendly, impression leaving and having a good overall communicator image. The principals did not perceive themselves as being dominant or contentious. The teachers perceived their respective principals primarily used a selling style of leadership and secondarily a participating style. Teachers rarely perceived their principal as using a delegating style of leadership. / Two communicator style variables in this study, friendly and impression leaving, appear to be linked with the principal's perception of communicator image--the overall impression of being a good communicator. / The following conclusions were reached: (1) A relationship exists between the principals' self-perceived communicator style and the teachers' perceptions of their principals' leadership style. (2) It can be concluded that a relationship does exist, although not strong, between the self-perceived communicator style of principals and the perception of that same style by subordinates. (3) The extraneous variables having the most influence on the relationships of communicator style were the length of association between the principal and teachers and the number of years the subjects had worked in education. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-06, Section: A, page: 1458. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75590 |
| Contributors | GILBERT, GWEN J., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 186 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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