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Download full textGraham, Jeff; Wilson, Harold, E.; Gerrick, W. Gregory; Fraas, John W.; Heimann, Beverly – 2002
This is a report of a limited study of four factors that might affect a teacher's level of acceptance of mandated change. The factors are: (1) number of years the teacher and principal have worked together; (2) years of experience of the teacher involved in the change process; (3) whether the teacher has tenure; and (4) the participatory nature of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Change
O'Neal, E. C. – 1983
Using Chester Barnard's acceptance theory of authority, this study of 125 secondary teachers and coaches explored relationships involving their "zones of indifference" or extent of response to orders by authority. Specific questions addressed were: (1) whether significant relationships existed between zones of indifference to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Theories
