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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"perceptions of leadership"”.
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Literary Perceptions of Leadership
The purpose of this study has been to seek out an active and influential pattern of human leadership in the pages of Western literature. Literature is a mirror of human perception and thought. It is a reflection of ideas, a means of transcribing not events as they have taken place, nor of human …
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Teachers' Perceptions of Leadership in Young Children
<p>The purpose of this research was to explore how teachers described, recognized, and would potentially influence leadership behaviors in children aged 4 to 6 years. One hundred thirty-three early childhood teachers and teachers of the gifted were surveyed using a researcher-designed instrument …
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Community college presidents: perceptions of leadership demands and competencies
The purpose of this study was to explore community college presidents' perceptions of the demands and competencies of leadership at the community college presidential level. The study focused on the experiences of four sitting community college presidents to understand their perceptions of …
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Examining perceptions of leadership and the student-athlete experience
… published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Principals' Perceptions of Leadership Practices that Influence Teacher Retention
… further research into the effective principal leadership practices that contribute to high teacher retentions rates is recommended and could have implications for schools across the country. The purpose of this research study was to investigate how high school principals perceive leadership …
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Students' Perceptions Of Leadership Skills Gained At A County College
<p>Many colleges offer leadership programs or multiple ways students can develop leadership skills like participation in student clubs or working on campus. Institutions do not always assess or evaluate where or how students learn leadership skills. This dissertation study investigated what …
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Physical Therapists’ Perceptions Of Leadership Orientations: An Exploratory Case Study
<p>The study addresses the problem of the limited understanding of physical therapists' perspectives on leadership orientations. The purpose of this mixed-methods case study was to expand on the understanding of physical therapists’ perceptions of leadership orientations. The methods used were the …
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Teachers' Perceptions of Leadership Approaches of In-School Administrators
The purpose of this study was to collect, analyse, and represent teachers’ stories of experience regarding varied leadership approaches of in-school administrators. In this study, I focused on teachers' perceptions of the role of the in-school administrators as viewed through teachers' experiences …
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Women's Perceptions of Leadership Roles within a Southern Baptist Congregation
… the Southern Baptist Convention's position on leadership, including female ordination. The author uses interviews to examine how women within a Southern Baptist congregation in Southeast Georgia assign meaning to leadership roles and understand particular biblical scripture. The interviews …
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Perceptions of leadership and management competencies requisite for directing Centrifuge camps
This dissertation is a comparative analysis of the perceived leadership and management competencies needed to serve as a camp director at Christian children and youth camps. A comparative analysis was done utilizing data from camp coordinators, camp directors, and camp staff. A biblical …
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A comparative analysis of younger and older pastors' perceptions of leadership
This dissertation is a comparative analysis of the leadership perceptions of older and younger pastors. The research concern is introduced in chapter one with a question raised by critics of the evangelical church within the Emerging Church movement concerning the substitution of a CEO model of …
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Teacher Perceptions of Leadership Style: An Analysis of Age and Gender
In 1990, Bernard Bass wrote, "Indeed, leadership is often regarded as the single most critical factor in the success or failure of an institution" (p. 8). Never before in the history of public education has the `success' or `failure' of schools as measured by standardized tests received so much …
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Faculty Perceptions of Leadership on Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology
Leadership and diversity are both important topics in research and are often investigated separately. There is a long history of research in leadership, and diversity is a relatively new area of research in comparison. Differences such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, and sexual …
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Female superintendent and school board perceptions of leadership behaviors : a descriptive study
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the leadership behaviors of Indiana female school superintendents from the perspectives of the superintendents themselves along with members of their school boards. The Kouzes and Posner Leadership Practices Inventory was employed to determine how 30 …
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Perceptions of Leadership: An Analysis of College Students' Understandings of the Concept of Leadership
… universities increasingly have embraced the goal of developing students' leadership capacity. Diverse curricular and co-curricular leadership programs currently exist and continue to be developed to address leadership development outcomes. There is, however, limited understanding of how college …
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Millennial Perceptions of Leadership as an Influential Factor in Nursing Retention: A Phenomenological Study
… in nursing have anticipated the retirement of the baby-boomer nursing workforce while heralding it as a major factor in a persistent global nursing shortage (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2017). Nursing shortages, known to have a negative impact on patient safety and …
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