Principal Leadership Behavior and Teacher Organizational Commitment

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS	i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	iii
LIST OF TABLES	iv
LIST OF FIGURES	vi
ABSTRACT	vii
CHAPTER I --- INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background	1
1.2 Purpose of the study	4
1.3 Significance of the study	5
CHAPTER II --- REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
2.1 Concept of Leadership	8
2.2 Dimensions of Leader Behavior	11
2.3 Contingency Approaches	19
2.4 Conception of Organizational Commitment	30
2.5 Leadership and Commitment	41
2.6 Conception of the Study	43
CHAPTER III --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Definitions	51
3.2 Hypotheses	54
3.3 Null Hypotheses	55
3.4 Sampling Design	56
3.5 Unit of Analysis	59
3.6 Instruments	59
3.7 Limitations	66
3.8 Analysis Design	68
CHAPTER IV --- RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION
4.1 Independent Contribution of Perceived Principal's Leadership Behaviors, Characteristics of Teacher, Nature of Teaching Task to Organizational Commitment	72
4.2 Interactions between Perceived Principal's Leadership Behaviors and Component Variables of Moderators	79
CHAPTER V --- CONCLUSIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Conclusions	93
5.2 Implications	96
5.3 Recommendations	98
BIBLIOGRAPHY	101
APPENDICES
A. Background Inforamtion of Teachers	108
B. MAnagerial Behavior Survey	109
C. Substitute for Leadership	111
D. Locus of Control	112
E. Job Characteristics	113
F. Organizational Commitment	114
G. Preliminary Analysis	115

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