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Toward a Particularistic Approach to Leadership Style: Some Findings:

Toward a Particularistic Approach to Leadership Style: Some Findings: Toward a Particularistic Approach to Leadership Style: Some Findings THOMAS J. SERGIOVANNI University of Illinois, Urbana RICHARD METZCUS University of Notre Dame LARRY BURDEN University of Illinois, Chicago Circle Although a number of studies have approached the leadership problem from an organizational context, little attention has been given to the orientation of organizational members. Basically, re­ searchers have tended to focus upon the leader and his behavior, often to the virtual exclusion of organizational members, their behavior, and their orientation relative to the leader. In this paper some of the pertinent research relative to conceptual structures of leadership behavior is examined, and a number of general hypoth­ eses which relate need orientations of teachers to leadership style preferences are tested. The study is reported in two parts. The first part examines the relationship between perceived "ideal" leadership style and need orientations of teachers. It was found that teachers with different need orientations responded similarly in describing ideal behavior of principals. This led to a reevaluation of the conceptual frame­ work and a reformulation of the general hypotheses. The "new" hypotheses suggested that although teachers with different need orientations agreed on descriptions of ideal principal behavior, differences in preferences would http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Educational Research Journal SAGE

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SAGE
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Copyright © 2019 by American Educational Research Association
ISSN
0002-8312
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1935-1011
DOI
10.3102/00028312006001062
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Toward a Particularistic Approach to Leadership Style: Some Findings THOMAS J. SERGIOVANNI University of Illinois, Urbana RICHARD METZCUS University of Notre Dame LARRY BURDEN University of Illinois, Chicago Circle Although a number of studies have approached the leadership problem from an organizational context, little attention has been given to the orientation of organizational members. Basically, re­ searchers have tended to focus upon the leader and his behavior, often to the virtual exclusion of organizational members, their behavior, and their orientation relative to the leader. In this paper some of the pertinent research relative to conceptual structures of leadership behavior is examined, and a number of general hypoth­ eses which relate need orientations of teachers to leadership style preferences are tested. The study is reported in two parts. The first part examines the relationship between perceived "ideal" leadership style and need orientations of teachers. It was found that teachers with different need orientations responded similarly in describing ideal behavior of principals. This led to a reevaluation of the conceptual frame­ work and a reformulation of the general hypotheses. The "new" hypotheses suggested that although teachers with different need orientations agreed on descriptions of ideal principal behavior, differences in preferences would

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American Educational Research JournalSAGE

Published: Jun 24, 2016

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