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Leadership in education: Effective U.K. college principals
Author(s) -
Sala Fabio
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.28
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , face (sociological concept) , community college , leadership style , psychology , sample (material) , organisation climate , public relations , management styles , style (visual arts) , higher education , medical education , political science , sociology , social psychology , medicine , social science , chemistry , archaeology , chromatography , artificial intelligence , computer science , history , law
College leaders face increasing challenges to manage complex responsibilities. They must possess a wide variety of managerial and leadership skillsto be successful in academic environments, which are beginning to resemble more traditional organizational frameworks. The study examined in thisarticle explored the relationships among managerial style, organizational climate, and several measures of college‐student performance with asample of British further education college principals (similar to U.S. community college presidents). While considering the influence ofvarious background factors, such as the size of the college, student funding, and years of experience, several significant relationships emergeddemonstrating a significant association between principals' managerial behaviors and measures of college and student performance.