Influence of District Characteristics on Superintendents' Leadership Style and Perceived Staff Readiness for Change

• In Event: Perspectives on Leadership

Abstract

As schools continue to battle with calls for reform and restructuring, understanding important aspects of change leadership such as the leadership styles of school leaders is needed in explaining factors that facilitate successful implementation of planned changes in schools. Certain personal and school district characteristics have been reported as having impact or influence on school leaders’ ability to successfully initiate, lead and/or manage the implementation of change. This study examined the influence of superintendents’ (N = 200) personal and district characteristics on their leadership styles and perceived readiness of staff to implement change. Results of Pearson product-moment correlation, step-wise multiple regression and ANOVA are presented and discussed

Author

• Madu Ireh, Prairie View A&M University