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March, James C.; March, James G. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1977
This paper considers one system of careers, Wisconsin school superintendents from 1940 through 1972, and examines the extent to which statistical characteristics of that system are consistent with a simple Markov model that assumes both individuals and jobs to be indistinguishable and careers at that level to be essentially random. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Career Change, Careers, Elementary Secondary Education