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Sarah Guthery; Lauren P. Bailes – Journal of Educational Administration, 2022
Purpose: Hiring teachers is among principals' most critical work but what remains uncertain is the relationship between a principal's tenure in a school and the rate at which they hire teachers who will stay. Teacher retention and principal experience are key predictors of school stability. This study therefore investigates the influence of…
Descriptors: Principals, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Selection
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Mitchell, Roxanne M.; Mendiola, Brenda J.; Schumacker, Randall; Lowery, Xaviera – Journal of Educational Administration, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to use SEM to explore the effects of enabling school structure (ESS) and academic optimism (AO) on school achievement (SA). Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 58 urban schools, including 42 elementary schools and 16 middle schools in a southeastern district in the USA were included in this study.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
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Tschannen-Moran, Megan; Bankole, Regina A.; Mitchell, Roxanne M.; Moore, Dennis M., Jr. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2013
Purpose: This research aims to add to the literature on Academic Optimism, a composite measure composed of teacher perceptions of trust in students, academic press, and collective efficacy by exploring a similar set of constructs from the student perceptive. The relationships between student trust in teachers, student perceptions of academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis, Identification, Educational Environment
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Bogler, Ronit; Nir, Adam E. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The paper aims to investigate the mediating effect of teacher empowerment on the relationship between teachers' perception of their school support and their intrinsic and extrinsic job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from a sample of 2,565 teachers affiliated with 153 Israeli elementary schools. A path…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Job Satisfaction, Self Efficacy, Path Analysis
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Shapira-Lishchinsky, Orly – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The article aims to investigate the relationships between different dimensions of organizational ethics and different withdrawal symptoms--lateness, absence, and intent to leave work. Design/methodology/approach: Participants were 1,016 school teachers from 35 high schools in Israel. A joint model of Glimmix procedure of SAS was used for…
Descriptors: Work Ethic, Educational Environment, Teacher Attitudes, Predictor Variables
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Forsyth, Patrick B.; Barnes, Laura L. B.; Adams, Curt M. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: To investigate the consequences of relational trust, especially parent measured trust, for desirable school outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: Using a US Midwestern state sample of 79 schools, parent and teacher trust data are used to derive a trust-effectiveness typology. Trust was conceptualized as one party's willingness to be…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Parents, Correlation, Parent School Relationship