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ERIC Number: EJ785719
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 25
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0032-0684
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Superintendent Recruitment: A Statewide Assessment of Principal Attraction to the Job
Winter, Paul A.; Rinehart, James S.; Keedy, John L.; Bjork, Lars G.
Planning and Changing, v38 n1-2 p35-59 2007
The purpose of this study was to assess a statewide cadre of public school principals in terms of their attraction to the job of district superintendent. Two assumptions underlying the investigation were that (1) participant self-reported capability to become a superintendent impacts participant attraction to the job, and (2) participant satisfaction with facets of their current jobs and their expected satisfaction with those same job facets in the job of superintendent give an indication of participant likelihood of pursuing the job of superintendent. The study had four objectives: (1) develop a demographic profile of the participants, including self-reported capability to become a superintendent; (2) capture participant satisfaction ratings for 20 job facets common to both their current positions and the job of superintendent; (3) identify predictors of whether or not the participants had earned superintendent certification, as an indicant of participant future interest in pursuing a job as superintendent; and (4) assess potential predictors of participant attraction to the job of superintendent by having the participants react to a survey item capturing their likelihood of pursuing a position as superintendent. (Contains 7 tables.)
Department of Educational Administration and Foundations. College of Education, Illinois State University, Campus Box 5900, Normal, IL 61790-5900. Tel: 309-438-2399; Fax: 309-438-8683; Web site: http://education.illinoisstate.edu/planning/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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