Relationship between the Senior Managers' Leadership Style and the Guidance School Managers' Morale in Education Districts of Tehran City

The basic aim of research was examining the relationship between the managers leadership style and the guidance school managers' morale in education Districts of Tehran city. The morale of school districts in Tehran girls public schools affiliated managers them. Statistical population of the study includes all the girls' guidance school managers in the morning shift in the school year of 88-89 in 19 Education Districts of Tehran city. The research sample consists of 94 managers randomly chosen from the given population. The research tools were two questionnaires including a researcher made 34-item tool in order to gauge the subjects' mood and a questionnaire with 16 items to study the leadership style. The tools were Likert type including items with five options to be chosen by the subjects. The content validity of the tools was confirmed by a group of experts in the related field. In order to determine the reliability index of the tools, a pretest was conducted in which 35 managers participated. The obtained reliability index for the two tools were 88% and 92% respectively. The results of administration of the tools and applying Pearson Correlation and Regression are as follows: 1) there in a significant relationship between the leadership style of senior managers and guidance school managers; 2) the morale of the guidance school managers is high in a dynamic leadership style; 3) the morale of the guidance school managers is low in a devolved leadership style; 4) the morale of the guidance school managers is high in a relation-oriented leadership style; 5) the morale of the guidance school managers is high in a task-oriented leadership style.