This study is founded on the qualitative tradition of inquiry. A special effort of comparing and sharing the opinions of the founding members, a true process of triangulation and member checking, functioned as a guarantee of the rigor and trustworthiness of the study (Moustakas 1994). The researcher was nondirective and permissive in the dialogues and interviews.
The set of characteristics described in the section "A New Rogers-Freire-Goleman Paradigm" attributed to the Magister Institutes leadership style were substantiated by the research participants in their interviews and postinterviews...

This study is founded on the qualitative tradition of inquiry. A special effort of comparing and sharing the opinions of the founding members, a true process of triangulation and member checking, functioned as a guarantee of the rigor and trustworthiness of the study (Moustakas 1994). The researcher was nondirective and permissive in the dialogues and interviews.
The set of characteristics described in the section "A New Rogers-Freire-Goleman Paradigm" attributed to the Magister Institutes leadership style were substantiated by the research participants in their interviews and postinterviews...