Leadership Styles in Childcare Directors.

Leadership is of paramount importance to any organization, as leaders can set the tone for the organization's employees. The path to leadership in childcare can be markedly different from other professions, as there is no qualifying criteria; however, previous research has identified that for leaders to be effective they must possess skills, characteristics, and traits of effective leadership. The present study used (in Bass and Avolio, Multifactor leadership questionnaire (TM), Mind Garden, Inc.