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A STUDY OF LEADERSHIP STYLE, SITUATION FAVORABLENESS, AND THE RISK TAKING BEHAVIOR OF LEADERS

WILLIAM H. HOLLOWAY (Director, Office of Administrative and Instructional Development Services, University of Kansas. He holds the degrees of B.S., M.A. (Central Michigan) and Ph.D. (Michigan State). Dr. Holloway has published extensively including numerous pieces related to the use of computers in education)
GHULAM A. NIAZI (Degrees of B.A., M.A. (Ed.) (Punjab) and Ph.D. (Kansas). D. Niazi is Education Advisor, Curriculum Wing, Ministry of Education, Islamabad, Pakistan. He was awarded a Fulbright‐Hays Full Study Award to the U.S.A. from 1970–73; in 1977 he participated in the East‐West Center programme in Honolulu, Hawaii)

Journal of Educational Administration

ISSN: 0957-8234

Article publication date: 1 February 1978

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the risk taking behavior of school principals (the dependent variable) identified according to one of two leadership styles by Fielder's Esteem for Least Preferred Co‐worker instrument. Situation specific dilemmas were formulated for the study in a newly developed instrument which manipulated two situation specific independent variables (position power and group support). The findings support the contention that situation variables have a significant effect on the risk disposition of school leaders though no evidence was found to suggest that leader type (task oriented or relations oriented) may be determined by manifest differences in either observed risk disposition or computed risk shift.

Citation

HOLLOWAY, W.H. and NIAZI, G.A. (1978), "A STUDY OF LEADERSHIP STYLE, SITUATION FAVORABLENESS, AND THE RISK TAKING BEHAVIOR OF LEADERS", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 160-168. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009794

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