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Peer reviewedHopkins, Charles R.; Lambrecht, Judith J.; Moss, Jerome, Jr.; Finch, Curtis R. – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1998
Interviews with 69 vocational administrators in 12 states indicated they all had experiences that significantly affected their development as leaders. On-the-job learning was most likely to occur in the presence of challenging problems and risk. Outcomes commonly included leadership, skills, and values. There were few gender differences. (SK)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Leadership Qualities, Vocational Directors, Work Experience
Peer reviewedFinch, Curtis R. – Workforce Education Forum, 1998
Reviews 10 years of research on vocational education leadership, including concepts, characteristics, assessment, leadership development resources, and on-the-job experiences. Identifies products and outcomes, including a conceptualized leadership model and attributes, assessment instruments, case studies, and a simulation. (Contains 31…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Research, Leadership, Leadership Qualities
Peer reviewedFinch, Curtis R.; And Others – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1992
Interviews with 39 vocational administrators and 73 instructors who worked with them revealed that successful administrators combined several forms of communication, used communication in a wide range of contexts, and integrated communication with a wide variety of leadership attributes. (SK)
Descriptors: Administrators, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Educational Administration
Download full textFinch, Curtis R.; And Others – 1991
The first part of a research effort to examine the utility of a leadership model (Moss and Liang 1990) identified leadership attributes needed by successful vocational administrators. In a follow-up to this research, state-level administrators in seven states were interviewed to nominate successful administrators. The top "ranked" administrators…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Higher Education, Interviews, Leadership
Finch, Curtis R.; And Others – 1989
This paper asserts that task analysis and related task-based approaches to assessing leadership attributes provide a limited view of how leaders function in educational settings. It proposes that several assessment approaches show promise in identifying vocational education administrator leadership attributes. Strengths and limitations associated…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Evaluation Methods, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Styles
Peer reviewedFinch, Curtis R.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1991
Interviews with 39 vocational directors and 78 instructors identified leadership behaviors of successful administrators in 7 attribute clusters: physical, intellectual, personal, ethical, human relations, management, and cognitive. The result is a portrait of vocational administration as a complex, dynamic, and multifaceted process. (SK)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, Content Analysis, Ethics
Lambrecht, Judith J.; Hopkins, Charles R.; Moss, Jerome, Jr.; Finch, Curtis R. – 1997
This study explored chief vocational administrators' (CVAs) perceptions of the importance of on-the-job experiences to leadership development. In telephone interviews, CVAs with the highest scores on the Leadership Effectiveness Inventory in a 1993 study (n=69) identified experiences most helpful to leader development: new positions offering…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Experiential Learning, Leadership
