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Research On Leadership Behavior Of Principals

Posted on:2006-12-15Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:T ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360155459759Subject:Educational Economy and Management
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As the manager and leader of a school, the principal is not only a practicer to carry out thepolicy of the educational reform, but also a forthgoer of educational reform in school. Theability and value tropism play an important role in the management of a school, which has adeep influence in the educational reform. But all of those are embodied in the leadershipbehavior. As an important theoretical problem, much achievement has been acquired abroadand in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but in the mainland of China, the professional research is notfruitful and gives too much attention to superorganic theoretical considering, which emphasizesvalue tropism and ignores factual research.As a new leadership theory, transformational leadership theory is very suitable for thesocial and educational circumstances full of change and uncertainty. Using the multi-factorleadership questionnaire and the sampling method of delamination and random, the authorcarries out a research to 119 principals of senior middle schools. Through analyzing the datathe author tries to offer some valuable suggestion for the principals.This article is divided into six parts. In the first part (introduction), the author firstlydissertates the reasons choosing this title, which includes the practical and theoretical value ofresearch of principal leadership behavior, the special fascination of transformational leadershiptheory and some special purpose based on research method and research object in thisdissertation. Then the meaning, the line of thought and main research method are explicated.Finally, the author defines the relevant concept.In the second part (research summary), the author summarizes and analyzes the relevantstudy on the leadership behavior of principals in and abroad. Then the author introduces thetransformational leadership theory on which multi-factor leadership questionnaire is based.In the third part, the author explains some problem about this research, such as researchobject, research tool, research approach and method.In the fourth part, the author makes some conclusions through presenting and analyzing...
Keywords/Search Tags:principal, leadership behavior, senior middle school, transformational leadership, transactional leadership
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