The purposes of this study is to examine whether a principal’s leadership can be categorized as type A (In-agreement/good), type B (Under-estimator), type C (In-agreement/poor), and type D (Over-estimator). If possible, it is intended to investigate whether or not these types make differences in the school effectiveness.
The data for this study were collected from 1,002 elementary school teachers and 85 principals who belong to the educational government of Seoul. Main research results are as follow.
First, the principal’s leadership can be classified into four types (A, B, C, and D). Second, the four types (A, B, C, and D) showed differences in the school effectiveness. The type A and B showed high rate of school organization effectiveness than types C and D.