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An Analysis Of Fact-Finding And Its Acceptance As A Method Of Conflict Resolution In Virginia Public School Grievance And Dismissal Procedures, Diane Gerian Martin
An Analysis Of Fact-Finding And Its Acceptance As A Method Of Conflict Resolution In Virginia Public School Grievance And Dismissal Procedures, Diane Gerian Martin
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The Problem. The purpose of this study was to examine fact-finding as a method of conflict resolution in Virginia Public School grievance cases to determine the extent that school boards and courts accept the fact-finders' recommendation. It was hypothesized that the recommendations of fact-finding committees are accepted more often than they are rejected; that the number of cases brought to fact-finding varies with the size and location of the school division, that the number of cases decided directly by school boards is less than the number of cases decided by school boards after a fact-finding hearing; and that school central …
Career-Bound And Place-Bound Orientation Of Educational Executives : Implications For Organizational Role Change In The Education Of The Deaf, Karen M. Notebloom Bellefleur
Career-Bound And Place-Bound Orientation Of Educational Executives : Implications For Organizational Role Change In The Education Of The Deaf, Karen M. Notebloom Bellefleur
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Superintendents of residential schools for the deaf were the subjects of a study to determine what effects career orientation had on the implementation of role changes since the passage of Public Law 94-142 in 1975. Career orientation is a construct concerned with whether an individual succeeds to an executive position from a lower rank within the hiring institution from inside (place-bound) or from outside (career-bound).;Prior to this study career orientation had only been examined in terms of superintendents of public school districts where the variable was found to identify a 2 to 1 ratio of career-bound to place-bound. The current …
The Relationship Of Job Preview To Absenteeism, Turnover, And Job Satisfaction Of Public School Teachers, Harold Hastings Hedley
The Relationship Of Job Preview To Absenteeism, Turnover, And Job Satisfaction Of Public School Teachers, Harold Hastings Hedley
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The relationship between the job preview and the job related behaviors of absenteeism, turnover, and job satisfaction was investigated. The objective of the study was to attempt to determine if a job preview booklet that contained information about teaching would have a statistically significant effect on the three job-related behaviors of absenteeism, turnover, and job satisfaction. Data were gathered by examining absenteeism and turnover information from 103 newly hired teachers in the seven school divisions participating in the study. Job satisfaction of control and experimental groups was measured by administering the Job Descriptive Index and the Job in General measure. …