LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS OF ... - Drake University
LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS OF ... - Drake University
LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS OF ... - Drake University
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Dear Hospital CEO:<br />
APPENDIX F: CEO Instructions/Release Form<br />
My name is Lynn Janssen and I am a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership program at<br />
<strong>Drake</strong> <strong>University</strong> in Des Moines, Iowa. I am conducting a research study to explore the<br />
relationships between Iowa Hospital Chief Executive Officers' (CEO) leadership styles and their<br />
personal values. In addition, I will be exploring the relationships between the CEO's leadership<br />
styles and the hospital size and setting as well as the CEO's years of experience, age, and gender<br />
and leadership training.<br />
To assist with this research I am asking that you complete the following surveys: I) a 45-item<br />
questionnaire about your leadership behaviors, 2) a four item biographical questionnaire (age,<br />
gender, years as a CEO and number of hours of leadership training in the past three years), 3) a<br />
36-item values inventory, and 4) an 18-item hardiness survey. Completion of the surveys should<br />
take approximately 20 minutes. It is asked that you complete the survey and rehun it by February<br />
13, 2004 in the attached self-addressed, stamped envelope.<br />
In addition, it is requested that you provide one of the surveys (the Multifactor Leadership<br />
Questionnaire, MLQ) to six other individuals for completion of the 45-item questionnaire about<br />
your leadership. If possible, those individuals should include two supervisors (board members),<br />
two peers (fellow CEOs or consumers), and two subordinates (employees). If that mix cannot be<br />
secured, any six associates familiar with your leadership work may complete the survey.<br />
In order to maintain anonymity, the individual results of the surveys will be seen only by my<br />
doctoral advisor and me. Summaries of your individual values and hardiness surveys will be<br />
provided to you at your request. The summarized results of the 360" (MLQ multi-rater) survey<br />
will be made available to you, at your request, if four or more individuals complete the 360"<br />
questionnaire about your leadership. This will allow us to assure rater anonymity. An executive<br />
summary of the comprehensive findings will be provided to all participating CEOs.<br />
The authors and publishers of the MLQ and hardiness survey have agreed to make more detailed,<br />
personalized analysis of results available if the CEO is willing to pay for the full interpretation.<br />
The fees for interpretation, payable to the publisher, range from $20 - $50 per survey tool.<br />
The survey results will remain anonymous (coded by CEO name to allow later matching) and<br />
your participation is completely voluntary. Also, you may withdraw your participation at any<br />
time during this process. Finally, please be advised that these results will be presented in an<br />
aggregate form and will not be released or published as individual CEO studies. Although the<br />
complete results of the study may be published, your name or that of your hospital will not be<br />
known. If you have any questions, please contact Lynn Janssen at 515-223-6620, ext. 222 or via<br />
email at lynnjprernier@aol.com. Your signature on this form wit1 be considered your consent to<br />
participate. Thank you, in advance, for your assistance.<br />
Signature: Date:<br />
Hospital Name/Location: