Yvonne Santin

Date of Graduation

1998

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between leadership style and selected demographic characteristics of principals, including gender, degree level, school level, and years of experience, and their predisposition to use creative insubordination in decision making. To examine this relationship, the Leader Behavior Questionnaire - Self (LBDQ-Self) was used to measure principal leadership style and the Decision Making Survey was utilized to measure the principal's predisposition to use creative insubordination in decision making. The design of the Decision Making Survey used measures related to the work of Crowson (1989), Haynes (1991), Haynes and Licata (1995) and Morris, Crowson, Porter-Gehrie and Hurwitz (1984) regarding principal decision making behavior within the hierarchy of the school. The LBDQ-Self and the Decision Making Survey were sent to 150 principals in the state of West Virginia. Responses to the surveys were received from 111 principals. Data indicated that no statistical significance was found between the leadership style of principals and their predisposition to use creative insubordination in decision making. Statistical significance was found in the relationship between the school level of principals and their predisposition to use creative insubordination in decision making. As the school level of the principal increased, the principal's predisposition to use creative insubordination in decision making also increased. The relationships between the other demographic characteristics of principals and their predisposition to use creative insubordination in decision making was also found not to be statistically significant.

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