Four personal and situational variables and the Consideration and Initiating Structure variables of the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire were used to predict three indices of Job Satisfaction of 136 Georgia public school superintendents. Method of selection and Consideration were reliable predictors, with appointed superintendents reporting more satisfaction than elected ones. Correlations were relatively low with variance accounted for by independent variables only .045, .103, and .062 for Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and General Satisfaction, respectively.
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