Administrators' Leadership Characteristics That Impact School Climate

Autor/in	Nichols, Cassie Sue
Titel	Administrators' Leadership Characteristics That Impact School Climate
Quelle	(2019), (161 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, California State University, Bakersfield
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-0883-2795-1
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Administrator Characteristics; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Leadership Styles; Educational Environment; Public Schools; School Culture; Cooperation; Interpersonal Communication; Intuition; Experience; Teacher Attitudes; Participative Decision Making; Teacher Collaboration; Faculty Development; Goal Orientation; Collegiality; Partnerships in Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Principal; Schulleiter; Führungsstil; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Co-operation; Kooperation; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Erfahrung; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerkooperation; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Kollegialität; Hochschulpartnerschaft
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to analyze and understand principals' perceptions of their leadership characteristics that impact school climate in selected public schools. The qualitative method used in this study was originated from a constructivist grounded theory stance. To clarify administrators' leadership characteristics that impact school climate, interviews were conducted with selected administrators within a single school district. Online surveys were also conducted using Bolman and Deal's (1990) leadership orientation survey (i.e., LOS-self & LOS-others) along with Gruenert and Valentine's (1998) School Climate Survey (SCS) with principals and teachers using Qualtrics. Following Creswell's (2014) six steps for coding and Saldana's (2009) coding procedures, the researcher analyzed the data for emerging categories and themes (Esterberg, 2002; Saldana, 2009). While analyzing the data for themes, the researcher used member checking to be unbiased and to make sure the researcher had validated the themes. Six primary themes emerged from the interviews with the participating principals as primary factors which influence school climate: (a) culture, (b) collaboration, (c) communication, (d) building and sustaining momentum, (e) visibility, and (f) leadership intuition. From Bolman and Deal's (1990) LOS-self and others, it was found that the Four-Frame Model was relative to the number of years a principal had been in service. There was agreement between dominant leadership frames from both principals and teachers; however, there was disagreement on principals' weakest leadership frame. A further analysis of the findings from Bolman and Deal's (1990) LOS-self and others surveys revealed that when teachers distinguished between distinct sub-scale characteristics, they corresponded with their principals' dominant and weakest leadership frames (see Tables 3 & 4, pages 66 & 67). Gruenert and Valentine's SCS (1998) gave insight into six areas of a school's culture: (a) collaborative leadership, (b) teacher collaboration, (c) professional development, (d) unity of purpose, (e) collegial support, and (f) learning partnership. From the information gained, findings revealed that teacher collaboration was the lowest factor amongst the four schools in the study, however, principals perceived it to be a critical factor in their school's success. Furthermore, there was a strong correlation between Bolman and Deal's (1990) leadership frames, sub-scale characteristics, and the six factors of the school culture survey. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01