ERIC Number: ED513358
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 133
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ISBN: ISBN-978-1-1092-7332-8
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The Relationship of Principal Leadership Behaviors with School Climate, Teacher Job Satisfaction, and Student Achievement
Williams, Maurice Demond
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, The University of Southern Mississippi
The purpose of this research was to determine how leadership behaviors of principals relate to school climate, teachers' job satisfaction, and student achievement. The relationship of leadership to student achievement was measured by the school levels based on the administration of the 2006-2007 Mississippi Curriculum Test (MCT). Leadership and teacher job satisfaction was determined by Paul Specter's Job Satisfaction Survey, and school climate was indicated by use of the School Climate Inventory (SCI). Eleven schools in an east Mississippi school district were selected to participate in the research during the spring of 2008. Of the 129 randomly selected participants, 71% responded to yield data to show how leadership relates to achievement, job satisfaction, and school climate. Participants in this research were teachers, teacher assistants, school counselors, and administrators. Some of the 11 themes, relative to principal leadership, were found to be related to one or more of the variables. A test of regression within the regression was used to ascertain the relationship of leadership to school climate and teacher job satisfaction. A test of correlation was used to determine the relationship of leadership to student achievement. Based on participants' responses, nine factors of leadership relate to school climate; only one factor relates to student achievement, and eight factors relate to teacher job satisfaction. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Academic Achievement, School Counselors, Instructional Leadership, Educational Environment, Administrator Behavior, Principals, Tests, Surveys, School Districts, Correlation, Regression (Statistics), Teacher Attitudes, Counselor Attitudes, Teacher Aides, Administrator Attitudes
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mississippi
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