Presents a model that relates individuals' perceptions of organizational control to personal level in the organization, feelings about work environment, feelings about supervisor competence, belief in personal control, feelings of access to the decision-making network, and clarity of role requirements. Provides data that developed and validated…

Inspired by observation of a teacher-designed management studies program at an Irish secondary school, this paper demonstrates that whole school improvement is possible only after staff have acquired proficiency in the disciplines required of learning organizations. Free of externally imposed syllabi, teachers were forced to rethink, relearn, and…

Analyzes the strains that result from an intensive community renewal and development project that was accompanied by intensive process-and-outcome evaluation research. The case study, which took place in an Israeli kibbutz, illustrates a dynamic development of an alternative interaction model with split-role differentiation. (Author)