Explores school principal-central office relationships within a school restructuring context. Examines the nature of school-level educational program innovation, support provided by central office personnel, and principals' perceptions about this support. Administrative awareness and involvement were limited to area superintendents and educational…

Summarizes an exploratory study to identify administrative stress and socialization variables that affect the attitudes and performance of new and experienced urban principals. The study found that new and experienced principals possessed remarkably similar attitudes and that experienced principals perceive greater role conflict than do new…

A study was done of the relationship between school district central offices and school-based innovations in a large urban school district. The study looked specifically at the work relationships among central office personnel and their behaviors and attitudes toward school-based innovations. Data were collected through a survey administered to 30…