The purpose of this dissertation was to compare and contrast the Leadership Styles of two Heads of Department who work at Carnelian Secondary School (anonymized). It augments a previous paper (Parascandalo 2011) which examined the role of the middle leader in secondary schools in educational literature. The investigation by means of two…

A study was conducted to examine factors that influence the acceptance and rejection of instructional innovations by faculty at one community college and to identify elements in the college environment that influence the teacher's choices of instructional methods. An 8-month participant observation of the instructors was made. An attempt was made…

This study examined the relationship between school newspaper advisers and principals in Missouri high schools to determine whether the quality of this relationship affects freedom of expression in school newspapers. Responses on a questionnaire concerning principal's management style, adviser's job satisfaction, and communication conditions were…

This study examined the organizational climate and pupil control ideology as perceived by teachers along with the self-esteem and power dimensions of the students' self-concept as perceived by students. The major thrust of the research was to look for the relationships that existed between these major constructs. A sample of 29 teachers and 779…

This study describes a comparative analysis of characteristics of directors of nonprofit day care centers and directors of proprietary day care centers to discover whether directors exhibited Machiavellian characteristics. Characteristics considered Machiavellian were tendencies toward manipulating other people and using other people to one's…

This study investigates the effect of different leadership styles on the group morale of school employees. The author bases his analysis on data collected from 304 randomly selected Minnesota school district administrators. Administrators were classified as either task-oriented or employee-oriented, according to their responses on the Least…

A practicum at Castleton State College, Vermont, was conducted to provide recommendations to modify the faculty governance structure so that administrative leadership would have an efficient organizational governance decision making process and, at the same time, to provide faculty a means of expressing their concerns. The history of governance at…

A study was undertaken at Harrisburg Area Community College (Pennsylvania), a non-unionized institution, regarding the function and effectiveness of the Faculty Council in policy formation and decision-making. A three-part survey covered the role of the Council in policy-making, the function of standing committees, and possible alternative…

An Organizational Development (OD) questionnaire was designed at Los Angeles Southwest College to enhance planned change in that educational organization. The questionnaire measures attitudes in seven organizational development concept areas: (1) institutional climate indices--opportunity for advancement, general institutional conditions, concern…