Examines the propensity of teachers to strike and, using a logit model, how this propensity can be affected by certain decision variables, notably a teacher's political leaning, sex, cynicism, moonlighting, colleague orientation, orientation to the public, age, teaching load, total family income, morale, and attitude toward peer evaluation.…

Concludes that humanism in teachers is related to reporting fewer unresolvable conflicts with pupils and that pupil control ideology and subsequent teacher control behavior (the referring of pupils to the administration for disciplinary action) are related. (Author/IRT)