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Teacher Receptivity to Change: An Empirical Examination of Construct Validity Using the Results of Large-Scale Factor Analyses.
Chauvin, Sheila W.; Ellett, Chad D. – 1993
This paper studied the construct validity of the Receptivity to Change Inventory (RCI) as a measure of teacher receptivity to change. The sample consisted of all teachers in 94 schools in 6 districts in southern Louisiana. Usable data were received from 1,921 teachers from elementary schools and secondary schools during the spring of 1992. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Construct Validity, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers
Development, Reliability and Validity of a Teacher Instrument To Assess Organizational Coupling Structure of Schools: Implications for the Conception of Coupling as a "Paradox".
Ellett, Chad D.; And Others – 1991
The purpose of this paper is to describe the development/reliability/validity of a teacher instrument to assess the organizational coupling structure (OCS) of schools. A secondary purpose is to describe the implications of this work for understanding school coupling structure as a complex, "paradoxical" measurement and theoretical…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Mail Surveys
Principal Change Facilitator Style, Bureaucratic and Professional Orientations, and Teacher Receptivity to Change.
Chauvin, Sheila W.; Ellett, Chad D. – 1993
Conceptions of principal change facilitator style (PCFS) and bureaucratic and professional role orientations (BPROs) are used to explore the construct of teacher receptivity to change (TRC) and the relationships among teacher perceptions of PCFS and their perceptions of receptivity to change. Part I of the study analyzed and refined the…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Change Agents, Elementary School Teachers
Principal Change Facilitator Style: An Empirical Examination of Construct Validity Using the Results of Large-Scale Factor Analyses.
Chauvin, Sheila W.; Ellett, Chad D. – 1993
Results of a study designed to explore the construct validity of the Change Facilitator Style Questionnaire (CFSQ) as a measure of the aspect of a principal's leadership style that includes leader behavior and combinations of behavior influenced by such things as belief systems, and knowledge and attitudes about leadership. The sample consisted of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Change Agents, Construct Validity, Educational Change