NCJ Number
107414
Journal
Journal of Correctional Education Volume: 38 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1987) Pages: 42-46
Date Published
1987
Length
5 pages
Annotation
Following a brief historic overview of the people and limitations of research on leadership, this article describes several key findings about which recent theorists and researchers agree.
Abstract
These are (1) the centrality of values to leadership, (2) the importance of an articulated goal or vision, (3) the necessity for disagreement and conflict in effective leadership, (4) the personal traits and styles of effective leaders, and (5) the critical interplay of these traits and styles with the leadership situation. Finally, five lessons from these findings are applied to the lives of today's educational leaders. (Author abstract modified)