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Leithwood, Kenneth; Jantzi, Doris – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2008
Purposes: This study aimed to improve our understanding of the nature, causes and consequence of school leader efficacy, including indirect influences on student learning. We asked about district contributions to school leader efficacy, whether leader self- and collective efficacy responded to the same or different district conditions and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness
Whorton, David M. – 1983
In an application of contingency theory, data from 45 Arizona schools were analyzed to determine the relationships between three sets of independent variables (organizational structure, leadership style, and environmental characteristics) and the dependent variable (organizational effectiveness as perceived by principals and teachers). Contingency…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Centralization, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Harnisch, Delwyn L. – 1985
Data from the High School and Beyond study--restricted to over 800 regular public school students from a population of 18,684 who completed test batteries in both their sophomore and senior years--are analyzed in this report. Included in the cluster of 12 school variables are school policies, school resources, and school practices. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competency Based Education, Educational Environment, High Schools