Perceived Leader Authenticity as an Effective Indicator of Perceived Instructional Leadership Behavior in Middle Level Principals

<p><em>Problem.</em> No study had been undertaken to examine any relationships which might exist between the two concepts of perceived leader authenticity and the perceived instructional leadership behaviors of middle-level principals.</p> <p><em>Method.</em> This ex post facto study obtained data from three groups--supervisors, principals, and teachers--via their responses to two questionnaires: the Leader Authenticity Scale and the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale. A total of 247 of the teachers, all 10 of the supervisors, and all 10 of the principals returned the surveys. Canonical analysis, and one-, two-, and three-way ANOVA were conducted to test the five null hypotheses. Alpha was set at .05. Selected demographic variables were controlled.</p> <p><em>Results. </em></p> <ol> <li>Significant correlation was found to exist between the two instruments as whole entities.</li> <li>There were significant differences between the means of the three subgroups on 9 of the 14 sub-scales. Item analysis of each subscale enriched the interpretation of results.</li> <li>Significant differences between means relative to gender were found on two of the 14 subscales.</li> <li>Significant interaction between teacher age and number of years of working with current principal were found on 2 of 14 subscales.</li> <li>There were significant differences between the means of higher enrollment schools and lower enrollment schools on 6 of 14 subscales.</li> </ol> <p><em>Conclusions. </em></p> <ol> <li>A good instructional manager is an accountable, highly visible, supervisor of instruction who provides performance incentives to both teachers and learners without manipulation.</li> <li>Teachers have different perceptions about authenticity and instructional management than supervisors and principals.</li> <li>Male teachers have some perceptions different than female teachers.</li> <li>Older teachers with more years of working with the current principal perceived the principal to be more manipulative than other groups did.</li> <li>Teachers in higher enrollment schools have higher perceptions of the frequency or quality of some principal behaviors than teachers from smaller enrollment schools.</li> </ol>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Higher Education Administration EdD

Year

1990

Author dc:creator

• Meyer, Thomas M

Contributors dc:contributor

• Edward A. Streeter
• Paul S. Brantley
• David S. Penner

• Education
• Educational Leadership

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations/576

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.andrews.edu:dissertations-1575