The relationship between individual personality orientation and principals’ leadership behavior

Gorkani, F.; Sohrabi, E.

Management Science Letters

ISSN 1923-9343 (Online) - ISSN 1923-9335 (Print) Quarterly Publication Volume 5 Issue 5 pp. 517-520 , 2015

The relationship between individual personality orientation and principals’ leadership behavior Pages 517-520 Download PDF

Authors: Faribah Gorkani, Ebrahim Sohrabi

DOI: 10.5267/j.msl.2015.3.001

Keywords: Leadership styles, Personality types, Relationship oriented leadership, Task oriented leadership

Abstract: This study examined the relationship between personality types and leadership styles in the city & apos; s high school principals. The population of this survey includes all principals of secondary schools in city of Zanjan, Iran. Using a stratified random sampling, 48 principals were surveyed. To assess the reliability of the questionnaire, a pretest was accomplished by distributing 20 questionnaires among the target population and Cronbach alpha has been calculated as 0.79. To analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics has been used. The study has confirmed that there was a positive and meaningful relationship between personality and leadership style. In addition, the study has confirmed that there were positive and meaningful relationships between task/relationship-oriented leadership style and principals’ competition/ Impatience and restlessness behavior.

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 Gorkani, F & Sohrabi, E. (2015). The relationship between individual personality orientation and principals’ leadership behavior.Management Science Letters , 5(5), 517-520.

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