The future of the community college system will depend on sound leadership and its success will rely on how well its administrators effectively direct their institutions. The study investigated the leadership styles of participants in a community college’s leadership institute between 2004 to 2009. Researchers used Bolman and Deal’s Leadership Orientation Instrument to identify the perceived organizational frames of their leadership style. These frames included human resource, structural, political, and symbolic. They were used to determine each participant’s primary leadership frame with a focus on how data may be used to address positive management outcomes.
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