Leadership in education: Effective U.K. college principals
In: Nonprofit management & leadership, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 171-189
ISSN: 1542-7854
AbstractCollege leaders face increasing challenges to manage complex responsibilities. They must possess a wide variety of managerial and leadership skills
to be successful in academic environments, which are beginning to resemble more traditional organizational frameworks. The study examined in this
article explored the relationships among managerial style, organizational climate, and several measures of college‐student performance with a
sample of British further education college principals (similar to U.S. community college presidents). While considering the influence of
various background factors, such as the size of the college, student funding, and years of experience, several significant relationships emerged
demonstrating a significant association between principals' managerial behaviors and measures of college and student performance.