Purpose. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the job satisfaction of secondary assistant principals and their perception of their principal's leader behavior. Two major hypotheses were tested. The first hypothesis predicted a significant relationship between the leader behavior variables, consideration and initiating structure and the job satisfaction variables, supervision and work. The second hypothesis predicted a significant relationship between the leader behavior variables, consideration and initiating structure and the job satisfaction variables, supervision and work while controlling for the effects of the demographic variables age, sex, race, educational level and length of service. The theoretical rationale for the study was the Path Goal Theory of Leadership.;Method. Assistant principals completed the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire which was used to measure the two dimensions of perceived leader behavior and the Job Descriptive Index which was used to measure the two components of job satisfaction. A demographic data form was also completed by assistant principals. Hypotheses were tested by using Pearson product-moment correlation and multiple regression analysis.;Findings and conclusions. Results supported a significant relationship between consideration and work, consideration and supervision, and initiating structure and supervision. No significant relationship was found between initiating structure and work. Analysis of data using multiple regression indicated that the demographic variables age, sex, race, educational level, and length of service had an insignificant effect upon the relationship between the leader behavior variables and the job satisfaction variables.;It was concluded that the leader behavior of the principal does impact the job satisfaction of the secondary assistant principal. This study suggests that principals need to recognize that their leader behavior is an important factor in assessing the level of job satisfaction experienced by assistant principals.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:wm.edu/oai:scholarworks.wm.edu:etd-1575 |
| Date | 01 January 1990 |
| Creators | Jones, Lloyd Conway |
| Publisher | W&M ScholarWorks |
| Source Sets | William and Mary |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects |
| Rights | © The Author |
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