A study conducted in the 1976-77 academic year at an Ohio middle school revealed the negative effects a strike had on perceived climate. An author developed climate questonnaire, The Staff Development School Climate Questionnaire, was administered to 40 teachers before and after a two-week district-wide strike. (Author/NQ)

In the 1976-77 academic year, a study conducted at an Ohio middle school revealed the negative effects a strike had on teacher perceptions of climate and leadership. The original focus of the research study was to evaluate the impact of experimental curriculum, but after the unanticipated strike, it was realized that unbiased, prestrike data would…

Since passage of Ohio's Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act of 1984, Ohio public employees have voted to join unions in more than 70% of elections, and 90,584 Ohio public employees gained union representation from 1984 to 1992. Before the establishment of Ohio's multitiered collective bargaining process, which involves intervention by a…

This report outlines some of the institutional factors likely to affect the demand for teachers in the Ohio labor market, including a brief description of the Ferguson Act which prohibits strikes by public service employees. The author also deals with teacher supply, including a brief assessment of the two major organizations advocating collective…

Survey data from 277 Ohio school districts (43 percent of those queried) are collected here in order to analyze trends in the use of statutory and negotiated benefits and collective bargaining with reference to a similar survey published in 1977. Based on surveys returned, information is organized into separate sections for classroom teachers and…