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Download full textMiskel, Cecil; And Others – 1979
This study tested the hypotheses that expectancy work motivation, individual attitudes toward work, and structural and environmental components are predictions of teacher job satisfaction and effectiveness. Samples were selected from junior high school and higher education faculties. Subjects responded to open-ended questionnaires, and results…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Interests, Job Satisfaction, Longitudinal Studies
Miskel, Cecil – 1979
Examination of the relevant literature indicates that most studies of school structure and interpersonal relations have either been too narrow in scope, too theoretical, or too tied to the individual as the unit of analysis to support any conclusive generalizations. A search of the literature for appropriate variables to include in a more complex…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Job Satisfaction
Peer reviewedMiskel, Cecil; And Others – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1980
Expectancy work motivation, central life interests, voluntarism, and selected personal and environmental characteristics were strongly related to job satisfaction of secondary and higher education teachers but only mildly related to job performance as perceived by principals and department heads. (IRT)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Job Performance, Job Satisfaction
Peer reviewedMiskel, Cecil; And Others – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1983
Data collected in the fall and spring of 1980-81 from 1,442 teachers and 890 students in 89 Kansas elementary and secondary schools indicate that structural and expectancy linkages (including teacher work interdependence, communication, and expectations) and demographic variables were related to perceived organizational effectiveness, job…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Group Structure, Institutional Characteristics
Miskel, Cecil – 1974
The overall purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of a proposed theoretical model of leadership in educational organizations. Specifically, the study's purposes were: (1) to evaluate the descriptive, explanative, and predictive characteristics of the theoretical model for administrator effectiveness; (2) to refine and elaborate the model…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Selection, Bibliographies, Educational Research
Miskel, Cecil; McDonald, David – 1982
The relationship between structural coupling within schools and school effectiveness was examined through two questionnaire surveys of 89 public elementary and secondary schools in Kansas. The measures of school effectiveness included teacher perceptions of their school's adaptability and goal attainment, teacher job satisfaction, and student…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Discipline Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Interprofessional Relationship
Miskel, Cecil; Bloom, Susan – 1982
Two questionnaire surveys of 89 Kansas public elementary and secondary schools examined, first, the relationship between school expectancy climate--teachers' expectations that their efforts would lead to positive student results--and school effectiveness, and, second, the change in that relationship through the school year. School effectiveness…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation
