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McCarley, Troy A.; Peters, Michelle L.; Decman, John M. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
Across the nation, quality leadership and positive school climate are critical to the success of every principal, student, and school. As a result, this study examined the relationship between teacher perceptions of the degree to which a principal displays the factors of transformational leadership and the perceived school climate. A purposeful…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Educational Environment, High Schools, Urban Schools
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Eboka, Obiajulu Chinyelum – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The study investigated the perception of teachers on the influence of principals' leadership styles and gender on teacher morale. Four research questions and four research hypotheses guided the study. An ex-post facto research design was adopted in the study. Through the simple random sampling technique a total of 72 principals and 2,506 in 72…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Gender Differences, Sex Role, Principals
Leff, Jonathan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if there is a relationship between transformational principal leadership style, a safe school climate, and school safety (specifically, the number of reported fights and reported bullying incidents) in Broward County, Florida's middle schools. This study also investigated if a relationship…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Principals, Transformational Leadership, Educational Environment
Dale, Jack C., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This quantitative study addressed the idea that a middle school principal could possibly impact teacher effectiveness in the classroom through the relationship of the teacher-perceived leadership style of the principal to teacher job satisfaction and efficacy. The sample consisted of 142 certified teachers from 8 public middle schools in an East…
Descriptors: Principals, Middle Schools, Middle School Teachers, Leadership Styles
Hardman, Brenda Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Teachers' perceptions of their school leaders influence student achievement in their schools. The extent of this influence is examined in this study. This quantitative study examined teachers' perceptions of the leadership style of their principals as transformational, transactional or passive-avoidant in improving and non-improving schools in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Leadership Styles, Leadership, Stimulation
Hauserman, Calvin P.; Ivankova, Nataliya V.; Stick, Sheldon L. – Online Submission, 2007
This mixed method study used survey research, open-ended questions, and interviews to identify transformational leadership qualities among principals of publicly funded schools in the Province of Alberta, Canada. Five-hundred-nine teachers (37.7%) from a random sample of schools in the province completed the Multifactor leadership Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Principals, Instructional Leadership