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Climate; Communication; Corporate culture; Education; Organizational behavior; Principal; School management and organization; School principals; Triangulation; Urban schools
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A Mixed Methods Exploration Of Principal Communication And School Climate, Reece Oswalt
A Mixed Methods Exploration Of Principal Communication And School Climate, Reece Oswalt
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Mixed methods triangulation research design was used in order to explore the relationship between principal communication and school climate. The Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire for Elementary Schools (OCDQ-RE) and interview protocols on principal communication were administered to principals and teachers at three elementary schools each having between 700-1000 students in an urban school district consisting of approximately 300,000 students. Each school had between 80-100% Free and Reduced Lunch (FRL), was designated Adequate according to No Child Left Behind Act (2001) as published in the 2009-2010 School Accountability Reports, and had a principal that had been assigned to that school for …