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The Relationship Between Teachers' Perceptions Of Principals' Job Performance, Teacher Job Satisfaction, Principal Influence And School Outcomes., John Aaron Jackson
The Relationship Between Teachers' Perceptions Of Principals' Job Performance, Teacher Job Satisfaction, Principal Influence And School Outcomes., John Aaron Jackson
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This study investigated the relationship between principals' instructional leadership behavior and school effectiveness. In the conceptual model tested, certain school context variables, teachers' job satisfaction and teachers' willingness to accept principals' influence in the instructional realm, were viewed as mediating the relationship between principals' behavior and school outcomes. From this perspective, principals' instructional leadership behavior was seen as being indirectly related to school outcomes by its impact on these mediating variables. For the purposes of this study, teachers' job satisfaction, teachers, willingness to accept principals' professional advice and teachers' perceptions of principals' effectiveness as instructional leaders served as independent variables. …
Testing A Model Of School Holding Power: Teacher Perceptions Of The Work Environment, Robustness, Personal Characteristics, And Alienation Behavior. (Volumes I And Ii)., Bernadette Susanne Morris
Testing A Model Of School Holding Power: Teacher Perceptions Of The Work Environment, Robustness, Personal Characteristics, And Alienation Behavior. (Volumes I And Ii)., Bernadette Susanne Morris
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of the study was to examine relationships between indices of teacher alienation behavior (TAB) and (a) teacher perceptions of multiple dimensions of the work environment, (b) environmental robustness, and (c) teacher personal life characteristics. Teacher perceptions of the work environment and the robustness of key roles in the school organization were explored as factors contributing to the holding power of school. Twenty teachers at each of 97 schools in a large urban school district in Louisiana were randomly selected. Each teacher responded to an instrument set containing a demographic data form, Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) (Johnson, 1955), Robustness …
Machiavellian Interpersonal Orientation In The Principalship: Role Clarity, Work Satisfaction And Principal Characteristics., Judy Ann Hickman
Machiavellian Interpersonal Orientation In The Principalship: Role Clarity, Work Satisfaction And Principal Characteristics., Judy Ann Hickman
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This study examined the Machiavellian interpersonal orientation in the principalship in relation to perceptions of role clarity, satisfaction with multiple dimensions of the work context, and individual characteristics. The key focus was on how interpersonal orientation influences the way principals' "size up" their work situation. The Getzels and Guba social systems model (1957) and the Christie and Geis interaction model (1970) served as the theoretical basis for the study. An ex post factor research design was utilized in this study of 235 public school principals. Each principal responded to a research packet of measures. Factor analyses were computed for each …