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Principal's Role Behavior and Administrative Performance as Perceived by Selected Teachers

This study was based on the assumption that classroom teachers were in an advantageous position to judge their principal's role behavior and their principal's administrative performance. The problem of this study was to determine whether or not significant differences existed between teachers' perceptions of their principal's role behavior; whether or not significant differences existed between teachers' perceptions of their principal's administrative performance; and whether or not there was any relationship between teachers' perceptions of their principal's role behavior and his administrative performance. The findings in this study led to the following conclusions: Factors such as sex, education level, teaching experience, school level, school size, and school district do not effect principal’s behavior or administrative performance. However, differences were found in teacher perceptions for teachers with 5 years or less of teaching experience, rural/urban school setting, principal’s sex don’t differ in their role behavior; differing instead in educational leadership ability. It is concluded that principals are least effective in the area of educational leadership when comparing the four areas of administrative decision-making, communications, general administrative behavior, and educational leadership. They are most effective in general administrative behavior. Principals, in general, tend to exhibit transactional behavior. The majority of teachers do not indicate that their principal's role behavior has any relationship to their administrative performance as school principals.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500892
Date12 1900
CreatorsNakornsri, Tinnakorn
ContributorsWashington, Roosevelt, Adams, Sexton, Cooper, Jed Arthur, Watson, Hoyt F.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatviii, 136 leaves : ill., Text
RightsPublic, Nakornsri, Tinnakorn, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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