ERIC Number: EJ914879
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jun
Pages: 30
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ISSN: ISSN-1097-9638
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Correlational Analysis of Servant Leadership and School Climate
Black, Glenda Lee
Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, v13 n4 p437-466 Jun 2010
The purpose of this mixed-method research study was to determine the extent that servant leadership was correlated with perceptions of school climate to identify whether there was a relationship between principals' and teachers' perceived practice of servant leadership and of school climate. The study employed a mixed-method approach by first administering two validated quantitative instruments: Laub's (1998) Organizational Leadership Assessment (OLA) measured the perceived servant leadership in the schools and Hoy, Tarter, & Kottkamp's (1991) Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire-Revised (OCDQ-RE) measured the school's climate. These instruments were administered to a randomly selected sample of 231 full-time teachers and 15 principals working in a Catholic school board in Ontario. Upon completion of the quantitative data analysis, focus group interviews were conducted with 10% of the sample. The data revealed a significant positive correlation between servant leadership and school climate. (Contains 9 tables.)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Student Attitudes, Focus Groups, Interviews, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, Boards of Education, Leadership, Questionnaires, Educational Environment, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Principals
Boston College. Roche Center for Catholic Education, 25 Lawrence Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. Tel: 617-552-0701; Fax: 617-552-0579; e-mail: journal@bc.edu; Web site: http://www.bc.edu/catholicedjournal
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire
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