Pub. date: 2006 | Online Pub. Date: September 15, 2007 | DOI:
10.4135/9781412939584 | Print ISBN: 9780761930877 | Online ISBN:
9781412939584| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.About this
encyclopedia John R. Hoyle The mystery of why one leader's style
is more effective than another's is unsolved. Leadership style
consists of a leader's general personality, demeanor, and
communication patterns in guiding others toward reaching
organizational or personal goals. Leadership style research has
been dominated by self-report perceptions of subordinates about
their leader's behavior patterns in decision making,
interpersonal relations, planning, instructional leadership, and
management efficiency. Among widely used instruments to assess
leadership style are the organizational climate description
questionnaire (OCDQ), leadership behavior description
questionnaire (LBDQ), and the organizational health inventory
(OHI). These instruments gather faculty and staff perceptions of
the leadership style of the principal and oth