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Download full textMitchell, Stephen M.; Bacharach, Samuel B. – 1983
Because research on job characteristics as predictors of turnover is of debatable relevance to the study of school board turnover, the research reported here examines the impact of variables capable of capturing the political context. In a survey including data from 263 board members from 83 school districts in New York State, the dependent…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role
Cresswell, Anthony M.; Gerdin, Carolyn N. – 1985
This study tests the fit of competing models of strike causes on a sample of public school districts in New York. The models are based on differing assumptions. One is that strikes are the result of mistakes or imperfect information; the other is that strikes are rational choices made in expectation of gain. The differences in these views are…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Comparative Analysis, Contracts
Bacharach, Samuel B.; Mitchell, Stephen M. – 1983
This paper reports a survey of the attitudes of school personnel toward teacher unions and draws some implications concerning the dynamics of labor relations in school systems. Teachers, principals, superintendents, and school board members responded to questions on what areas unions should be involved in, degree of satisfaction with the local,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining
Jacobson, Stephen L. – 1987
Using personnel files provided by New York's state education department, this study examines and compares teacher retention rates in relation to region and gender from 1974 through 1984 in school districts using alternative practices of internal salary distribution. A total of 57 school districts from 2 regions of the state were included in the…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Practices
Eberts, Randall W. – 1982
This paper extends research by Richard Murnane by analyzing the effects of specific teacher contract provisions on New York teacher turnover from 1972-76 and in the process assesses the validity of two theories explaining teacher mobility. The combination of the theory of human capital with the theory of internal labor markets analyzes teacher…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Class Size, Contracts, Educational Administration
Bacharach, Samuel B. – 1983
Drawing on survey data from 83 New York school districts and case studies of 6 districts, the project reported here explores several aspects of schools and districts as organizations. The conceptual framework guiding the study emphasizes that educational organizations are not governed either by their structure or by the reactions of individuals,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Behavior, Boards of Education
