Abstract
Purpose of Study. The purpose of the study was to determine if the leadership style of school managers was related to the amount of stress the school managers exhibited. It was further hypothesized that task-oriented managers would exhibit more stress than school managers identified as relationship-oriented. Methodology. Participants of the study were comprised of one hundred practicing school managers enrolled in the Doctoral Program in School Management at the University of La Verne. Each candidate participating in the study was administered the Heimler Scale of Social Functioning to measure their stress, and the Least-preferred Coworker Scale to determine their leadership style. Comparisons were made between the individuals' level of stress and their leadership style. The statistical method used to measure the levels of correlations existing between the variables was the Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Demographic variables such as age, sex, years on the job, and years in the present position were compared with stress levels. Results. The study revealed there were no statistically significant relationships between leadership style and the level of stress of school managers. Analysis of variables such as sex, age, years of experience as a school manager, and the number of years in the current position, indicated there were no significant relationships between the above variables and stress.