Book Description

ABSTRACT: This study analyzed the relationship between principal leadership style and teacher job satisfaction in 28 elementary schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System, a large urban school district in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Using Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership model, principal leadership style was based on the perceptions of teachers as measured by the LEAD-Other instrument. Teacher job satisfaction was determined by the job satisfaction component of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System's Teacher Survey, and principal and teacher demographic data were gathered using a survey instrument. The results indicated that there was not a statistically significant difference in teacher job satisfaction based upon the principal's leadership style. However, the mean scores implied that teachers in the sample who perceived their principals as Style2(High Task/High Relationship) were most satisfied with their jobs. Teachers in the sample were least satisfied with Style1(High Task/Low Relationship) principals. Analysis of demographic data, such as age and highest degree completed, revealed no statistically significant differences in job satisfaction. However, based on the mean scores, teachers in the sample with male principals appeared to be more satisfied with their jobs than teachers who had female principals.