Date of Award
12-1982
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Department
Educational Leadership
First Advisor
Dr. Uldis Smidchens
Second Advisor
Dr. Richard Munsterman
Third Advisor
Dr. Timothy Hickey
Abstract
This study examined the leadership styles exhibited by Michigan school superintendents in relation to school district size, birth order, family size, marital status, time served as a teacher before becoming a superintendent, and time served as a superintendent. The subject population consisted of 530 superintendents from which 363 were selected at random. A questionnaire was sent to the random sample with a 65% return. The questionnaire utilized the LBDQ FORM-XII to ascertain the self-perceived leadership styles of these superintendents. The aforementioned other sociological factors were determined by question. No support was found for the existence of any of the relationships mentioned above. On the basis of some trends found in the analysis of the data there was some speculation about a tendency to be a high relations oriented leader if one had first been a teacher for 7 or more years.
Access Setting
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
Lohr, Gerald E., "Leadership Styles in Educational Leader Positions: An Investigation of Some Common Factors in Socialization and Employment Environment Conditions" (1982). Dissertations. 2525.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/2525