Discusses research in public schools to test Blau and Scott's hypothesis that loyalty to superiors in a hierarchical organization tends to be pronounced at alternate levels. (JF)

The results suggest that principals who exhibit strong Initiating Structure tend to have teachers with a substantial Professional Zone of Acceptance irrespective of the Consideration dimension of leadership. (Author)

Teacher loyalty to an immediate superior is examined with respect to authoritarianism, hierarchical influence, emotional detachment, and hierarchical independence of the principal. (Author/KM)

Explores the usefulness of the "Contingency Model" of leadership effectiveness -- effectiveness of a group is contingent upon the relationship between leadership style and the degree to which the situation enables the leader to exert his influence. (Author)

Conceptualizes faculty loyalty as a multidimensional construct with at least four levels of loyalty, to the district, principal, colleagues, and the association. Discusses a New Jersey study probing organizational factors that facilitate development of faculty loyalty in urban elementary schools. School properties predicting one aspect of loyalty…

The characteristics of principal behavior accounting for the greatest explanation of teacher loyalty are thrust, consideration, initiating structure, and nonauthoritarianism; however, somewhat contrasting profiles emerge in predicting teacher loyalty in elementary and secondary schools. (Author/I RT)

A survey of teachers examined principals' roles in influencing school effectiveness, noting the influence of supportive leadership style on a culture of trust and perceived school effectiveness. Results indicated supportive principal leadership produced collegiality and trust in principals but not in colleagues. Teacher trust in colleagues…

Examines the relationship between two dimensions of organization--centralization and formalization--and two aspects of employee orientation--subordinate loyalty and esprit. Multiple regression analyses revealed that the relationships were somewhat more complicated than originally hypothesized. (Author)

Data collected from 944 teachers in 46 elementary schools revealed that principal authenticity was significantly correlated with teachers' trust in principals, colleagues, and organizations. In addition, all these dimensions of trust were moderately and significantly correlated with each other. (MLF)

Reports a study that examined the bureaucratic and professional orientations of secondary teachers as predictors of conflict and militancy. Survey results indicated militancy positively related to conflict and a professional orientation but negatively related to a bureaucratic perspective. Militancy seemed a natural outgrowth of a professional…

Pilot study testing of the Organizational Health Inventory (OHI), developed to measure the health of schools along seven dimensions of interactions among teachers, students, and administrators, showed positive results supporting the stability of the factor structure, and reliability and validity of the subtests. (Author/CB)

This research investigates the leadership behavior of principals and the personal characteristics of teachers as both are related to elementary teachers' professional zone of acceptance. Data from 46 elementary schools support the hypothesis that a principal's leadership style combining both structure and consideration encourages cooperation by…

Decision making was studied in 55 public secondary schools in New Jersey. Aston's methodology was used and showed that principals who shared decison making had teachers who were more loyal, satisfied, and described the authority structure as less rigid. A distinction was made between delegated and joint decison making. (author/dc).