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Examining the Satisfaction of Educational Leaders and Their Intent to Pursue Career Advancement in Public School Administration
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Conrad, Tracey L.; Rosser, Vicki J. – Journal of School Leadership, 2007
This statewide study examined selected demographic characteristics, worklife experiences, and personal issues that influence the satisfaction of administrators (assistant principals, principals, assistant superintendents) and their intent to leave their positions and careers or pursue career advancement in public school administration. The results…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Public Schools, School Administration, Superintendents
Climate for Creative Productivity as a Predictor of Research Usefulness and Organizational Effectiveness in an R and D Organization.
Witt, L. Alan; Beorkrem, Mark N. – Creativity Research Journal, 1989
This study empirically examined the argument that a referent climate for creative productivity would be more useful than a omnibus measure of climate for assessing the creative norms in a specific work context. Results suggested that climate for creative productivity was related to criteria of effectiveness (convergent validity). (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Creativity, Creativity Tests, Organizational Climate
Predicting Retention from Students' Experiences with College Processes.
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Heverly, Mary Ann – Journal of College Student Retention, 1999
A study investigated the extent to which 104 community college students' experiences with key college processes during the first few weeks of school predicted their persistence or withdrawal from the college in the second semester. Results identified a small set of processes, both administrative and instructional, that differentiated between…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, Community Colleges, Organizational Climate
Principal Behavior and Curriculum Decision Making: The Relationship between Organizational Climate and Methods of Curriculum Decision Making.
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Brady, Laurie – Journal of Educational Administration, 1984
A study of 20 representative primary schools in New South Wales, Australia, revealed that a high degree of principal supportiveness as measured by the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire was associated positively with curriculum decision making by staff groups and negatively with curriculum decision-making by individual teachers. (PGD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries