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Leadership style and the instructional role of the principal
Author(s) -
Bunting Carolyn
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198210)19:4<570::aid-pits2310190428>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - principal (computer security) , psychology , leadership style , style (visual arts) , instructional leadership , mathematics education , social psychology , pedagogy , applied psychology , educational leadership , archaeology , computer science , history , operating system
Abstract A correlation analysis was performed on ratings provided for principals on the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire and scores earned by teachers of each principal on the Educational Attitudes Inventory. The presence of statistically significant correlations between the instruments suggests a relationship between the style of leadership exhibited by a principal and the classroom orientation of his teachers. Implications of this finding for the instructional role of the principal are discussed.