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Leader Behaviors Of The Special Education Technical Assistance Supervisor, Adrian William Ton

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The Relationships Among Social Support, Alienation, Religiosity, Length Of Service And The Burnout Experienced By Nurses' Aides And Licensed Practical Nurses Employed In Skilled Care Nursing Homes, Debra Joan Haley

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Managing Decline: Practices Recommended And Used By Selected Public School Superintendents In Illinois, Anita M. Pankake

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A Research-Based Model District Administrative Internship Program, Lancie V. Wright

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The Characteristics And Experiences Black Administrators Perceive As Being Relevant In Acquiring Their Position In Predominantly White Public Four-Year Institutions Of Higher Education In The State Of Illinois, Charles A. Taylor

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An Analysis Of The Major Activities And Corresponding Competencies Of Administrators Of Training, John J. Kerrigan

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The Relationship That Teachers' Concerns And Their Perceptions Of Organizational Climate Have With Innovation Maintenance, Frederic Wayne De Vall

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The main purpose of this study was to determine what some of the factors are that have an affect upon the maintenance of an innovation. Many educational change models focus upon the initiation and implementation of educational innovations in schools. This study tested some of the factors identified, from the literature review as affecting innovation maintenance, upon one innovation which is being used by teachers in several school districts. The first factor centered upon the concerns teachers have about an innovation they use in their classrooms. The second factor centered upon teachers' perceptions of the organizational climate that exists which …

The Relationship Of Preferred Work Environment And Job Satisfaction Of Community College Administrators, Susan Dunn Duford

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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of job satisfaction and preferred work environment of community college administrators. Administrators from four southeast Lower Michigan community colleges were the population (N = 50). The administrators in expanding areas (N = 29) were compared with those in contrasting areas (N = 21). Members of each group completed a demographic questionnaire developed by the researcher as well as the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (Weiss et al., 1967) and the Work Environment Preference Schedule (Gordon, 1973). Survey instruments were mailed to each administrator and non-respondents were telephoned to determine reasons for noncompletion. …

The Shimer College Presidency: 1930 To 1980, Patrick H. Moorhead

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A Study Of The Organizational Effectiveness Of The Academic Senate For California Community Colleges, Gail Prentiss Edd

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The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. The four major objectives were: describe the historical development of the Senate; determine the effectiveness of the methods by which the Senate provides for community college faculty to participate in academic and professional governance; determine the effectiveness of the Senate, as understood by the membership and others with whom it interacts, in meeting the purpose and goals which the organization and relevant others have established for it; and, interpret the impact of the Senate on its environment. The method of study was …

The Transition Process In Office Automation And Its Impact On Clerical Workers: A Case Study, Judith Turnbull Green Edd

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The purpose of this research was to study the transition process of office automation and its impact on clerical workers. The objective was to provide computer-naive managers with recommendations on factors to consider when managing the office automation change process. The topic was investigated using a case study approach. The setting was a large, multi-function, research-oriented, urban university on the west coast. Data were gathered through interviews, observations and examination of documents. Twenty-five clerical workers (representing different segments of the campus and having experience using different types of computer-assisted office equipment), who had experienced the transition process of office automation, …

Teachers' Growth/Development And The Organizational Climate Of Elementary Schools, Louise Birch

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The purposes of the study were: (a) to determine the types of professional development in which elementary teachers voluntarily participated and the extent of that participation, and (b) to investigate the relationships between school climate and teachers' participation, enrollment size and teachers' participation, and enrollment size and school climate.

The survey included all of the 356 regular elementary school teachers in two southwestern Michigan school districts who each held a tenured position and was assigned to a building with the same principal for at least the 1980-81 and 1981-82 years. The number of schools was 15 in District A and …

Relationships In Organizations Between Leaders' Personality Characteristics And Their Hierarchical Levels And Role Foci, Loretta Church

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether leaders' personality characteristics were related to the hierarchical level and the focus of their roles in organizations. Leaders from two industrial plants of two Fortune 500 corporations were selected for the investigation. They comprised a total population of persons responsible for making decisions concerning the use of data, people, or things within the organizations.

Data were collected employing the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Functional Job Analysis Self-Report (FJASR). The MBTI instrument identified personality characteristics in terms of two paired and opposite preferences for (1) sensing or intuition, and (2) …

Consultant Training In Counselor Education: North Central Region, John Jurowicz

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An Analysis Of Program Plans For Staff Development In The Unit School Districts Of Dupage County, Illinois, Richard B. Olson

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Selected Personality Constructs As Correlates Of Personnel Appointment, Appraisal, And Mobility In Seventh-Day Adventist Schools, Merle A. Greenway

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Problem. Despite tentative postulations and explorations of the person/job interaction, the specific relationships between personality and occupational behavior are not clearly understood. In particular, the relationships between human temperament and various aspects of personnel administration in an educational setting are generally unknown. The purpose of this study was to profile the temperament traits of professional educators in the Seventh-day Adventist school system, grouped on the basis of occupationally relevant selection variables; and to investigate the role of personality as it relates to personnel appointment, appraisal, and mobility.

Method. A demographic questionnaire and the Temperament Inventory were administered to 486 teachers, …

Accountability And University Teaching: Toward The Systematic Mediation Of Professional Power, Paul Alan Dorsey

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Between 1965 and 1980 American higher education has witnessed the emergence of several related developments which challenge traditional conceptions of the autonomy of higher education: affirmative action, the managerial revolution in higher education, the student consumer movement, the strengthening of statewide coordination of higher education, the accelerated movement to collective bargaining, and the increasing involvement of the courts in college and university affairs. This study identifies and articulates the nature and significance of emergent qualitative dimensions of structural change, for which these developments are structural indicators, and argues that they constitute a new, emergent form of occupational control over university …

An Analysis Of The Long Range Planning Processes Being Used In Selected Institutions Of Higher Education, E. Arthur Stunard

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An Analysis Of The High School Divisional Coordinator's Job Dimensions, James D. Steckel

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Developing An Administrative Matrix For Implementation Of The Push For Excellence Program, Howard L. Denton

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Fund Raising In Private Higher Education: An Analysis Of The Role Of The Development Officer As Administrator At Selected Institutions, Louis Samuel Coloia

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Comparison Of Management Development Programs In Industry And Education In Cook County, Illinois, Charles H. Hayes

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An Analysis Of The Internal Organizational Structure Of The Educational Branches Of Selected Bible Colleges, Jay Courtney Fernlund

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A Model For Initiating Change In Large Social Systems, Richard E. Ault

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The purpose of this study was to develop a model for introducing change in large social systems. The model was based on (1) a review of existing models, and (2) the analysis of a participant-observer study of an attempt at intraducing large system change. Organization Development was the focal change modality examined. It was intended that the model thus developed would be of utility to the practicing change agent in whatever field--education, social work, community development, government, unions, business, or industry.

From the review of existing models and related literature, it was concluded that a useful model for practitioners would …

Role And Task Orientation Of Michigan Principals, Mary Starkey Bowman

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Pattern-Maintenance And Integration Within A Normative Organization: The Roman Catholic Priesthood In The United States, Zondra G. Lindblade

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An Evaluation Of Affective Outcomes Of A Community College Human Relations Course, Philip C. Theodorou

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A Study Of The Effects Of Individualized Instruction On The Attitudes And Behavior Of Teachers And Pupils In The Middle Elementary Grades, Nina Femister Jones

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A Study To Examine The Role Perception Of Selected Principals Of Nongraded Schools In Dupage County, Illinois, Dale F. Zorn

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Teacher Expectations: A Study Of The Psychological Contract From The Teachers' Point Of View, Robert C. Atkinson S.J.

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