This study examined the relationship between schools as learning organizations
and transformational-transactional leaderships of principals by assessing the
perceptions of 698 full-time teachers who work for 30 primary and secondary
schools. Correlation and hierarchical multiple-regression analyses were conducted to
investigate the relationship between these two variables. First, the results of the
correlation analysis showed that the Pearson correlation coefficient(r) between
principals' transformational leadership and the extent of schools as learning
organizations was .623, with a very high positive relationship, whereas r between
principals' transactional leadership and the extent of schools as learning
organizations was .143, with quite a low positive relationship. According to the
results of the hierarchical multiple-regression analyses, the extent of schools as
learning organizations accounted for by principals' transactional leadership (R2) was
only 2.2%, whereas the extent of schools as learning organizations accounted for by
principals' transformational leadership (R2) was 34.7%. In comparison of βs among
the regression models, the β for principals' transactional leadership in the regression
model with all input variables including controlling variables was .076(p>.01) and
not statistically significant, but the β for principals' transformational leadership was
.60(p<.01) and statistically significant. In conclusion, this study identified that
principals' transformational leadership style focusing on changing the organization
has a stronger positive relationship to schools as learning organizations and more
critically explains and predicts them than principals' transactional leadership style.