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Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to explore the leadership style, distributed leaderships in particular, used by principals of high schools in Taiwan. Questionnaires were given to principals and teachers from 70 public senior high and vocational school in Taiwan to investigate the relationship between the distributed leadership of the principals and teacher morale. Results revealed that principals and teachers held different perspectives on the extent of distributed leadership. The two types of schools also perceived the extent of implementing the two elements of distributed leadership differently. Teachers of different positions manifested different teacher morale. There were significant differences in teacher morale between different school types. A positive correlation was observed between the extent of principals implementing distributed leadership and teacher morale. The results have deeply educational implication for school leaders and managers.