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Test of Linearity between Teachers' Participation in Decision Making and Their Perceptions of Their Schools as Organizations
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Conway, James A. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1976
Overparticipation as well as the more frequent decisional deprivation tends to increase teacher dissatisfaction. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Organizations (Groups), Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes
Power and Participatory Decision Making in Selected English Schools
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Conway, James A. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1978
It seems evident that heads in the English schools in the northwest have tended to retain control of both physical and human resources at the same time as there has been development toward participative management. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrators, Decision Making, Department Heads, Educational Research
The Dark Side of Shared Decision Making.
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Conway, James A.; Calzi, Frank – Educational Leadership, 1996
Teacher involvement in decisions may detract from teaching. This article presents three case studies (concerning a teacher-owned program, teacher involvement in selecting a new principal, and an autocratic principal's failed experiment with participation) that examine pitfalls. Sunset clauses, a good centralization/empowerment balance, and an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Misconceptions
Power and Participatory Decision Making in Selected English Schools.
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Conway, James A. – 1977
This study investigated the relationship between the power of English school heads and the participation of teachers in school decision-making. Specific objectives of the study were 1) to determine the type and extent of teacher participation in school decision-making, 2) to examine the relationship between teacher status within the school and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making
Participative Decision Making and Perceptions of Organization: Refinement and Test of a Decisional Deviation Index.
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Conway, James A. – 1973
To test the relationship between levels of participation and organizational effectiveness, 166 secondary school teachers completed Likert's "Profile of an Organization" and an adaptation of Belasco-Alutto's""Decisional Participation Scale." It was assumed that Equilibrium (participating as much as desired) was the most…
Descriptors: Correlation, Decision Making, Educational Research, Measurement Instruments