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ERIC Number: ED616915
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Sep
Pages: 9
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School Administrators' Leadership Styles and Resistance to Change
Inandi, Yusuf; Tunç, Binali; Giliç, Fahrettin
Online Submission, International Journal of Academic Research v5 n5 p196-203 Sep 2013
In the study, the relation between school administrators' leadership style and resistance to change and prediction level of leadership styles for behaviours about resistance to change were discussed. Leadership styles of educational leaders which can vary according to their cultural, personal, psychological and educational qualities play a key role in change process. For this, it was tried to be determined in the study which leadership styles become prominent in managing successfully the change process in education. The study was based on field research using primary data gathered from 287 school administrators by Resistance to Change Scale (Oreg, 2003) and Leadership Style Scale (Tas, Celik and Tomul, 2007). Correlation analysis technique was used to analyze the relation between administrators' leadership style and resistance to change. In addition, multiple regression analysis technique was used to determine prediction level of leadership styles for resistance to change. There is a low relation between leadership styles and resistance to change, and leadership styles predict resistance to change at a low level. The study group was 287 administrators. The school administrators' leadership styles (autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, transformational and transactional) are related at a low level with resistance to change. However, it is understood that resistance to change is also affected by factors other than leadership styles. This point appears to be reasonable when change is considered to be a complex process with multi-factors. Negative relation between autocratic or laissez-faire leadership styles and resistance to change seems a striking result of the study. Consistent with this, it isn't also expected that democratic leadership style increases routine behaviours. However, the fact that autocratic and laissez-faire leadership of administrators reduce resistance to change doesn't mean that they support change. It can be said that, no mater what the change is about, resistance is unavoidable due to uncertainties and loss of habits.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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