Presidential administrative teams' leadership styles at public universities in Illinois
Abstract
Leadership orientation styles exhibited by key administrative staff members at the public universities in Illinois were identified according to Bolman and Deal's (1992) leadership orientation frames. Participating universities' administrative teams were analyzed to determine which leadership frames were present at each institution. Regression analysis was used to explore whether one can predict a university's effectiveness using information regarding administrative leadership frames at that institution. An adaptation of Hoy and Miskel's Systems Resource Model (1991) was used to measure organizational effectiveness. The measure of effectiveness was derived from student enrollment and allocation of state funds. The strongest leadership orientations by the administrators were the Human Resource and Structural Frames. The Political category was seldom used. Several, but not all of the organizations that participated in this study were identified with administrators practicing all four of Bolman and Deal's leadership frames. Predictions cannot be formulated about university organizational effectiveness from the presence of Bolman and Deal's leadership frames. The team with only three leadership frames present was found to be just as effective as the teams with all four leadership frames present.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
Kline, Purdue University.
Subject Area
School administration
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