Leader behavior and teacher perceptions of organizational climate in public primary schools in Melbourne, Australia.

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dc.contributor.authorMaddern, Dennis James,en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-16T12:28:18Z
dc.date.available2013-08-16T12:28:18Z
dc.date.issued1980en_US
dc.description.abstractThese findings were similar to other leader behavior--organizational climate studies in other countries which gives further evidence to these instruments in terms of validity and reliability. It further indicates that organizational climate as measured by the OCDQ is being, and can be manipulated by certain variables associated with a leader's behavior.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe independent variable was leader behavior, which was measured by the sub-tests of the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire (LBDQ) i.e., Initiating Structure and Consideration. The dependent variable was organizational climate which was measured by the salient sub-tests of the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ) i.e., Thrust, Esprit and Consideration.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was designed to determine whether a relationship exists between leader behavior and organizational climate. The study was conducted in 47 primary schools in Melbourne, Australia.en_US
dc.description.abstractCanonical correlation analysis along with the Pearson Moment Product Correlation was utilized as the statistical methodology. The data analysis showed that a statistically significant relationship existed between H(, 2); Initiating Structure - Thrust, H(, 4); Consideration LBDQ - Consideration OCDQ, H(, 5); Consideration - Thrust, H(, 6); Consideration - Esprit. H(, 1) Initiating Structure - Consideration and H(, 3) Initiating Structure - Thrust were found not be statistically significant.en_US
dc.format.extentviii, 101 leaves ;en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/4824
dc.noteSource: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-10, Section: A, page: 4238.en_US
dc.subjectEducation, Administration.en_US
dc.thesis.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineJeannine Rainbolt College of Educationen_US
dc.titleLeader behavior and teacher perceptions of organizational climate in public primary schools in Melbourne, Australia.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
ou.groupJeannine Rainbolt College of Education
ou.identifier(UMI)AAI8107962en_US

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