The study was designed to obtain the leadership styles of principals as perceived by themselves, and leadership styles as perceived by randomly selected teachers from their schools. The study was also designed to obtain the leadership personality preference type of principals. Also the principals' perceptions of the data collected fom the LEAD-Self, LEAD-Other, and MBTI were obtained as to the usefulness of the data for self-diagnosis and policy formation relative to selection, transfer, and training of principals. The Leadership Effectiveness Adaptability Description-Self and Other twenty-item instruments developed by Eignor, Hambleton, and Blanchard in 1977 were used to gather data on the leadership styles of principals as perceived by self and other. The Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator was used as the instrument to gather data on the personality type preference of principals. Other data were gathered in structured interviews with the principals. / A Leadership Packet was developed for each principal which contained results of the principals' basic and supportive leadership styles as measured by LEAD-Self and LEAD-Other, a description of his/her profile style, effectiveness score, and the principal's personality type as measured by the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator. Interviews were conducted to obtain the principal's reaction to the usefulness of the packet for self-diagnosis and policy formation relative to the selection, transfer, and training of principals. / The population of thirty school principals in a Florida county were subjects for this study. In addition, 285 teachers were randomly selected from the thirty schools. An onsite structured interview was held with twenty-seven of the participating principals. / Conclusions from the study were: (1) The majority of the principals (60 percent) perceived their leadership as Style 2 (High Task-High Relationship) which is characterized by selling. (2) Likewise, teachers from the majority of the schools (66 percent) perceived the leadership of the principals as Style 2. (3) Congruence was shown by one-third of the principals (33.3 percent) and teachers from their respective schools in selecting Style 2 as the principals' leadership style. (4) More than half of the principals exhibited a sensing-judging personality preference which indicated a preference for routine and facts. (5) One-third of the principals responded positively to the interview and were aware the Leadership Packet could be used for self-diagnosis. (6) One-third of the principals were unaware of how the Leadership Packet could be used. (7) The remaining principals, or approximately one-third, responded negatively or had no response to the questions. (8) An overwhelming majority of principals were not knowledgeable of two facets of leadership which the literature indicated as important, namely leadership style and personality type. (9) All three female principals exhibited a feeling personality preference type as compared to only one of the twenty-six male principals. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-02, Section: A, page: 0484. / Thesis (Educat.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74081 |
| Contributors | MORRISON, MABEL JEAN., The Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 190 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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