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Peer reviewedWayson, William W. – National Elementary Principal, 1979
Examines the range of pressures that affect principals. The author asserts that the essence of effective educational statesmanship in the next decade may well be to adopt procedures that positively affect the total field of forces influencing educational decisions. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Dynamics, Political Influences
Peer reviewedHallinger, Philip; Leithwood, Kenneth – Peabody Journal of Education, 1998
Offers a rationale for studying the impact of school culture on school leadership, arguing that practical and academic grounds support a focus on societal culture in leadership studies, contending that management of people and organizations is a socially constructed process, and suggesting that since social culture influences values and norms…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Educational Theories
Hughes, Phillip – 1980
The current social context surrounding educational administration in Australia includes a general crisis of confidence in administration, growth in administrator education programs and educational institutions, and more complex and diverse problems surrounding education in general. Administrators' roles have multiplied and become more diverse, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection
