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Direct linkWu, Jason H.; Hoy, Wayne K.; Tarter, C. John – Journal of Educational Administration, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this research is twofold: to test a theory of academic optimism in Taiwan elementary schools and to expand the theory by adding new variables, collective responsibility and enabling school structure, to the model. Design/methodology/approach: Structural equation modeling was used to test, refine, and expand an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, School Administration, Administrative Organization
Cybulski, Timothy G.; Hoy, Wayne K.; Sweetland, Scott R. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2005
Purpose: Public schools in the USA face increased pressures for more accountability and improved performance. The objective of this study was to wed two previously separated theoretical strands of educational research--economic theory and organizational theory--by using variables from each theory base to develop, compare, and test a series of…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary School Teachers, Academic Achievement, Resource Allocation
Peer reviewedHoy, Wayne K.; Henderson, James E. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1983
A study of New Jersey elementary schools revealed that the perceived authenticity of the principal's behavior was significantly related to the openness of the school's climate and to the humanism in the school's pupil-control orientation. Also, the more open the school's climate, the more humanistic the school's pupil-control orientation. (SB)
Descriptors: Behavior, Discipline Policy, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Schools
Smith, Page A.; Hoy, Wayne K. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2007
Purpose: The aim of this study was two-fold: to demonstrate a general construct of schools called academic optimism and to show it was related to student achievement in urban elementary schools, even controlling for socioeconomic factors, and school size. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from 99 urban elementary schools in Texas…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Elementary Schools, Academic Achievement, School Size
Peer reviewedWilliams, Leonard B.; Hoy, Wayne K. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1971
Explores the usefulness of the "Contingency Model" of leadership effectiveness -- effectiveness of a group is contingent upon the relationship between leadership style and the degree to which the situation enables the leader to exert his influence. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Educational Research, Elementary Schools, Leadership Styles
Peer reviewedHoy, Wayne K.; Appleberry, James B. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1970
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Research, Elementary Schools, Social Relations
Appleberry, James B.; Hoy, Wayne K. – Educ Admin Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Educational Environment, Elementary Schools
Hoy, Wayne K.; Tarter, John C.; Hoy, Anita Woolfolk – American Educational Research Journal, 2006
Researchers have been challenged to go beyond socioeconomic status in the search for school-level characteristics that make a difference in student achievement. The purpose of the present study was to identify a new construct, academic optimism, and then use it to explain student achievement while controlling for socioeconomic status, previous…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Socioeconomic Status, Factor Analysis, Academic Achievement
McGuigan, Leigh; Hoy, Wayne K. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2006
Since the Coleman Report (1966), educational researchers have tried to identify school properties that make a difference in student achievement and overcome the negative influence of low socioeconomic status. We theorized that academic optimism was a latent construct that enhanced student achievement and that enabling school structure provided a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Researchers, Socioeconomic Status, Student Attitudes
Download full textHoy, Wayne K.; And Others – 1973
The purpose of this research was to explore the relationships between Machiavellian orientations of elementary and secondary school principals and aspects of teacher-principal relations. Data were collected from faculty members and principals in 40 elementary and 40 secondary schools in New Jersey. A set of hypotheses and research questions was…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Authoritarianism
Tarter, C. John; Hoy, Wayne K. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2004
An open social systems model is used to frame and test a series of hypotheses. The socioeconomic status of the environment and four internal system elements (structure, individual, culture, politics) of the school are used to explain two sets of school outcomes: student achievement and teachers' assessments of overall school effectiveness. A…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Elementary Schools, Academic Achievement, Systems Approach
