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Moye, Melinda J.; Henkin, Alan B.; Egley, Robert J. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2005
Purpose: To investigate relationships between teacher empowerment and interpersonal level trust in the principal. Design/methodology/approach: Trust is a fundamental element in well-functioning organizations. Studies of empowerment, a motivational construct, have suggested that empowering employees is a key factor in managerial and organizational…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Elementary School Teachers, Principals, Urban Schools
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Henkin, Alan B.; Dee, Jay R. – Journal of School Leadership, 2001
Trust is a significant factor in collective action. A composite case illustrates the value of trust as a critical element of effective teamwork in a self-managed school context. Trust depends on individuals' predilections, intensive communication and interaction patterns, team composition, guiding principles, and teammates' emotional bonding.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperation, Elementary Education, Parent Participation
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Park, Sungmin; Henkin, Alan B.; Egley, Robert – Journal of Educational Administration, 2005
Purpose: To investigate relationships between teamwork, trust and teacher team commitment. Design/methodology/approach: Research has confirmed the value-added effects of organizational commitment in terms of job performance, organizational effectiveness, and employee retention. This study focused on teacher teams as the unit of analysis, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Teamwork, Trust (Psychology)
Henkin, Alan B.; Dee, Jay R.; Singleton, Carole A. – 2000
This paper reports on a study that examined the concept of trust-a critical element in the social glue that bonds the organizational team together and enables effective collective action in schools. It delineates an organizational context for consideration of the concept of trust in interactions in restructured schools. The study suggests that the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Leaders, Organizational Development
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Moye, Melina J.; Henkin, Alan B.; Floyd, Deborah J. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2006
The concept of interpersonal trust has been linked to empowerment. Managerial-practices literature has asserted that trust strengthens relationships and enables empowerment, which may result in increments in individual performance and organizational productivity. High levels of mutual trust and empowering work environments ostensibly reinforce…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Community Colleges, Predictor Variables, Work Environment
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Kim, Jae Wook; Henkin, Alan B. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2005
In this study, the authors explore potential relationships between trust and collaboration at both the school and individual levels of analysis. The study design focuses on a set of ostensibly reciprocal relationships between trust and collaboration. The database for the study is composed of self-reports of elementary and middle school teachers in…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Surveys