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Bird, James J.; Wang, Chuang; Watson, Jim; Murray, Louise – Journal of School Leadership, 2012
The focus of this study was to explore the relationships between the authentic leadership of building principals and the trust, engagement, and intention to return of their teaching staffs. School principals (n = 28) and their teaching staffs (n = 633) were surveyed. Teacher trust and engagement were found to be significantly related to principal…
Descriptors: Leadership, Intention, Principals, Teachers
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Bird, James J.; Dunaway, David M.; Hancock, Dawson R.; Wang, Chuang – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between superintendent leadership and the operational processes of school improvement. School district superintendents (N = 226) from six southeastern states were surveyed concerning their leadership authenticity and school improvement practices. Descriptive statistics, analyzes of…
Descriptors: Leadership, Superintendents, Best Practices, Correlation
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Bird, James J.; Wang, Chuang; Murray, Louise M. – Journal of Education Finance, 2009
In this study, we surveyed school district superintendents in a southeastern state about their budget-building strategies. The majority of responding superintendents had worked with their most senior principals and business managers for less than three years. Patterns of variance along the openness of budget-building processes, information…
Descriptors: Superintendents, School Districts, Leadership, Budgets
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Bird, James J.; Wang, Chuang; Watson, Jim R.; Murray, Louise – Journal of School Leadership, 2009
This study examined the relationships among the authentic leadership style of school principals and the trust and engagement levels of their teachers in a county school district in a Southeastern state. The authenticity of the school principal was found to be significantly positively related to teacher trust and teacher engagement levels. The…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Leadership Styles, Leadership, Principals