Abstract:
Good leadership has been found to be associated with organisational effectiveness.
This situation appears to be just as applicable in the case of educational
organizations as it is for other types of organizations. This paper reports on the
findings of an empirical, cross-cultural study of the perceptions of leadership of a
group of Chinese and Australian further and higher education teachers and human resource
professionals. Comparative measures were acquired of the 'teachers'
preferred leadership styles and of a range of other situational factors said to
influence the success or otherwise, of a particular leader. The results indicated very
few cross-cultural differences, although gender differences were found, all of which
were unexpected.
