Abstract
This study utilized Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) (2003) to measure perceptions of leadership behavior of South Carolina public middle school principals. Three data sets were analyzed: 1) self perceptions of principals' leadership behavior, 2) teachers' perceptions of their principals' leadership behavior, and 3) the congruence of principals' and teachers' perceptions of principals' leadership behavior. The thirty LPI statements were divided among five behavioral areas: 1) Model the Way, 2) Inspire a Shared Vision, 3) Challenge the Process, 4) Enable Others to Act, and 5) Encourage the Heart. Principals rated their leadership behaviors slightly more positively than their teachers and scores from both principals and teachers were higher than the instrument norms.
Recommended Citation
Etheridge, Jennifer C. and Cox, Edward P.
(2009)
"Perceptions of Middle School Principals' Leader Behavior,"
Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina: Vol. 2:
No.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/tejsc/vol2/iss1/7