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the 26 supervisors scoring above the mean of Initiating
Structure, 22 of these same supervisors scored above the
mean on Consideration# This verified the findings of
Evenson (2), who found that a leader can score high on
both dimensions of leadership behavior. Hal pin (Jj.) also
found in his studies that high scores on both dimensions
are desirable for effective leadership. By adding the ef-
fectiveness and efficiency scale score variable 16 on the
statistical table of raw scores, a supervisor was rated
both by his subordinates using the Leadership Behavior
Description Questionnaire and by his supervisor using the
effectiveness and efficiency scale. The results of this
showed that a total of 17 supervisors out of the 22 scor-
ing above the mean on both Initiating Structure and Con-
sideration also scored above the mean on this third
measurement. This was in direct contrast to Laird'a (5)
implications that what management wants from supervisors
only parti/ jibes with what the workers want from their
supervisors. The scores as shown in Table I in Chapter
111 ranged from 29 to 56 on the leadership dimensions of
Initiating Structure with a ean of lf.0,?6 and a standard
deviation of 5*31 for custodial supervisors, a mean of
and a standard deviation of k.b& for operations
supervisors, and a mean of i+2,60 and a standard deviation
of $*7b for central office supervisors. The scores ranged
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Wells, Weldon Stanley. A Study of Personality Traits, Situational Factors, and Leadership Actions of Selected School Maintenance Supervisors, dissertation, January 1964; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc164176/m1/67/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .