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Sistrunk, Walter E.; And Others – 1989
Due to parental disenchantment with a Mississippi Delta junior high school principal, the principal's leadership style, the school climate, and group interactions were investigated. A consultant was employed to determine teachers', students', and parents' perceptions of the school climate and of the principal as a leader, and then to recommend a…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Junior High Schools
Download full textGigliotti, Linda I. – 1987
In November 1985, a study was conducted within 10 State University of New York community colleges to determine whether faculty and department heads in a profession-based department (i.e., Business) and a discipline-based department (i.e., English) had the same perceptions of organizational effectiveness characteristics and organizational culture…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1990
Principals as school leaders have the potential to transform school culture in positive ways. A review of "Principal's Role in Shaping School Culture," by Terrence Deal and Kent Peterson, is offered in this report. The book defines school culture, presents examples of principals' school improvement strategies, and compares similarities in their…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Cultural Context
Blumberg, Arthur; Greenfield, William – 1986
Unstructured interviews conducted in 1977 with eight respected elementary and secondary school principals revealed their conceptions of the principal's role and of the skills and activities that had gone into their efforts to fill that role. The eight principals are identified in terms of their outstanding characteristics, as revealed through…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Wimpelberg, Robert K. – 1986
This paper reports on a research study designed, in part, to explore the expression of bureaucracy (or structural management) and culture (or symbolic management) in the work of eighteen elementary school principals in Louisiana. In addition, the study compares principals in nine of the schools categorized as "more effective" and nine…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Organization, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role
Leino, Jarkko – 1984
This six-part pamphlet examines 87 Finnish principals' personalities in terms of leadership and cognitive styles. The study's purpose is noted in section 1. Section 2 analyzes pedagogical roles and behaviors from a normative dimension perspective. Section 3 shifts to the personal dimension in discussing styles, values, and vocational preferences.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Style
Pajak, Edward F.; Glickman, Carl D. – 1984
A study determined if teachers discriminated among three different types of direct supervisory communication--information only, information with suggestions, and information with directives--in instructional improvement conferences. Thirty inservice teachers were assigned to three experimental groups and viewed videotapes which simulated…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conferences, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
1985
This bibliography consists of annotations of selected journal articles, magazine articles, books, and unpublished doctoral dissertations pertinent to the topic of educational leadership. The selections encompass a time frame ranging from 1981 to 1985. "Education Index" and "Psychological Abstracts" were the primary sources for…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Decision Making
Hungerford, Curtiss R. – 1982
The Ehrhardt Training Seminar (E.S.T.) program is but one example of a self-help technique based on the premise that people will improve their personal lives and professional effectiveness to the extent that they can "break through the act" to discern the real self which is full of capacity and power when released from fear and constraint. Many…
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Individual Development
Neel, Robert; And Others – 1981
The primary focus of organization in Turkish society has been the extended family, with an emphasis on family loyalty and an extremely centralized authority. To study the relationships among levels of supervision in relation to personality and cultural influence, 69 subjects (foremen and department heads) were drawn from three small Turkish…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Extended Family
Parker, John D.; Gardner, Don E. – 1978
Proponents of management information systems (MIS) have traditionally held that educational administrators are in need of better management information with which to make more informed planning and policy decisions. However, few successful implementations have been reported. Literature discussing the lack of success of MIS point to such factors as…
Descriptors: Administration, Case Studies, College Administration, Decision Making
GENTRY, HAROLD W.; KENNEY, JAMES B. – 1967
THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE IN 221 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND (1) CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCHOOL BY ITS URBAN, SUBURBAN, OR RURAL LOCATION, (2) SCHOOL SIZE AS MEASURED BY NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS, AND (3) ECONOMIC LEVEL OF THE COMMUNITY SERVED BY THE SCHOOL. AN ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Elementary Schools, Interaction, Leadership Styles
Williams, T. R. – 1979
In addressing issues that are common to all educational jurisdictions in Canada, the author has designated as "national" those issues that are manifest concurrently within the provincial and local board arenas and as "federal" those issues that integrally involve relationships between the federal government and the provinces.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Culture Conflict, Demography, Economic Factors
Peel, Donald Naylor – 1967
The adult education philosophy of the Anglican Church of Canada was critically analyzed in terms of basic principles and presuppositions, cultural factors in Christian education, concepts of maturity and of authority, characteristics of adult learners, teaching and leadership, group learning, and patterns of educational practice. Comparisons of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults, Cultural Influences
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1979
This chapter of "The Best of the Best of ERIC," Volume 2, contains 16 summaries of documents and journal articles on leadership effectiveness, all of which are indexed in either "Resources in Education" or "Current Index to Journals in Education." The materials included deal with various aspects of this topic, such as types of behavior related to…
Descriptors: Administrators, Annotated Bibliographies, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
