Abstract
Leadership behavior of clinical teacher influences the effectiveness of clinical teaching. However, leader perception of their leadership behavior might be different with follower perception of it. Based on it, the study aim to describe the relationship between clinical teacher perception of leadership behavior and compared with student perception of it. 27 clinical teachers and 214 nursing students were participated in this study using Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ). The results revealed statistically significance difference between leadership behaviour perception of clinical teacher and their students (p<0.05). [Olfat A. Salem; Fatma M. Baddar and Gusrina Komara Putri. Leadership behavior as perceived by clinical teacher and nursing students] Life Science Journal, 2011; 8(4):814-820] (ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com.