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Improving Measurement of Workplace Sexual Identity Management
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Lance, Teresa S.; Anderson, Mary Z.; Croteau, James M. – Career Development Quarterly, 2010
The purpose of this study was to advance measurement of sexual identity management for lesbian, gay, and bisexual workers. Psychometric properties of a revised version of the Workplace Sexual Identity Management Measure (WSIMM; Anderson, Croteau, Chung, & DiStefano, 2001) were examined on a sample of 64 predominantly White K-12 teachers.…
Descriptors: Reliability, Validity, Psychometrics, Homosexuality
Patterns of Workplace Supervisor Support Desired by Abused Women
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Perrin, Nancy A.; Yragui, Nanette L.; Hanson, Ginger C.; Glass, Nancy – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
The purpose of this study was to understand differences in patterns of supervisor support desired by female victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) and to examine whether the pattern of support desired at work is reflective of a woman's stage of change in the abusive relationship, IPV-related work interference, and IPV-related job reprimands or…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Behavior Modification, Multivariate Analysis
Interactive and Historical Processes of Distributing Statistical Concepts through Work Organization
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Hall, Rogers; Wright, Ken; Wieckert, Karen – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2007
In this article, we analyze interactive processes through which research groups and their statistical advisors insert new (for researchers) statistical concepts into existing research practice. Through processes of talk-in-interaction (speaking, gesture, and inscription), they assemble specimens, research workers, devices, algorithms, and texts,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Interaction, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Why Do Principals Change Schools? A Multivariate Analysis of Principal Retention
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Papa, Frank, Jr. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2007
This study uses multivariate analysis of a large panel dataset to examine the determinants of principal retention (and, thus, the determinants of attracting a principal away from her current position). The empirical model incorporates measures of a principal's traits and of the organizational structure, culture, and situational context within a…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Multivariate Analysis, Principals, Labor Turnover
Factors Differentiating between Those Academics Who Do and Who Do Not Publish Refereed Works
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Hemmings, Brian; Smith, Erica; Rushbrook, Peter – Issues in Educational Research, 2004
The study reported here focuses on the factors that contribute to the production or non-production of refereed publications by academics. A literature review revealed that factors associated with an academic's personal characteristics, attitude to work, and workplace circumstances could influence publication output. Academics from a large…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Publishing, Foreign Countries, Individual Characteristics
Why Are Teachers Absent? Probing Service Delivery in Peruvian Primary Schools
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Alcazar, Lorena; Rogers, F. Halsey; Chaudhury, Nazmul; Hammer, Jeffrey; Kremer, Michael; Muralidharan, Karthik – International Journal of Educational Research, 2006
A high rate of absence of teachers from their posts is a serious obstacle to delivery of education in many developing countries, but hard evidence on the problem has been scarce. This study, carried out as part of a new multi-country survey project, is the first systematic investigation in Peru into the extent and causes of teachers' absence from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Public Schools, Multivariate Analysis