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A Successful Principal's Conversations: Perceived Impacts On Relationships And School Climate, Heather Dwyer Jaquette Sadlier

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

It is widely known that principals spend most of their day involved in communication. However, there is less known about the characteristics of principal-staff conversations and their possible impacts on principal-staff relationships and school climate. Learning more about these conversations is important, because it is recognized that anything that affects the professional relationships and climate for the adults in a school can have ramifications for the learning climate for students and a school's overall effectiveness.

The purpose of this study is to explore principal-staff conversations and to examine the perceived impacts these conversations may have on principal-staff relationships and school …