A Norwegian study of 81 schools in 42 randomly selected municipalities suggests that the principal can promote school development activities among teaching staff by actively creating an innovative school culture. This role (and central-office support) may be more important in secondary than in elementary schools. (Contains 39 references.) (MLH)

The multiple and demanding roles of the college president are examined, particularly as sources of personal and professional stress. It is concluded that the importance of the president's job in the current world context, and the positive impact the administrator can have, justify taking on those pressures and challenges. (MSE)

This study examined expectations, with respect to the role of the special education administrator, held by key administrative personnel within West Virginia's rural school systems. Surveys were sent to all county superintendents, all county special education administrators, and a randomly selected sample of 150 school principals, resulting in 202…

Outlines three possible forms, based on historical patterns, the college presidency could take depending on how presidents respond to four major conditions: the conditioning of education by economics and status, the high degree of bureaucratic structuring of collegiate institutions, the multicampus-statewide system patterns, and the new kinds of…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE PERCEPTIONS ENGINEERING MANAGERS HAVE OF THEIR ROLE, THEIR CONTINUING EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, AND SUBJECT AREA NEEDS, AND AMONG THE EXPECTATIONS HELD FOR THEM BY THEIR IMMEDIATE SUPERIORS, DIRECT SUBORDINATES, AND BY ENGINEERING FACULTY OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION. ROLE THEORY WAS…

This paper contains a partial report on an empirical study to assess the utility of Gross' theory of role conflict resolution in predicting role choice by administrators who become involved in formal collective negotiations for the first time. Some relationships between role choice and selected situational variables are also examined. The study…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not significant differences exist between teachers and principals in their perception of who should take the leadership role in handling specific tasks in an elementary school setting. A total of 55 such tasks, representing six major categories of activity, were included in a survey distributed…

A summer Management Institute supported by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation was held for administrative teams from 20 public and independent junior colleges. The 64 participants explored theories of management relating human behavior and motivation to organizational goals. The results of the Management Style Diagnosis Test, given on the first day,…

The role of the instructional leader is to facilitate good instruction, which necessitates characteristics and skills of a personal, professional, and managerial nature. The authors list these characteristics and skills and suggest that the real instructional leader will try to determine how his teachers perceive him in relation to these skills.…

Four books about college presidential spouses and the evolving dilemmas of their roles are reviewed, and the growing discussion about this role is examined. (MSE)

Deans and department chairs can help faculty members experiencing conflicting expectations cope with role ambiguities about research and teaching, encourage communication among faculty in diverse scholarly fields, and help students place faculty research activities in perspective. (Author/MSE)

School system size and the guidance administrator's position in the administrative hierarchy were used as independent variables to test effects on the administrator's role, authority level, and needs satisfaction. These two organizational variables appear to have little impact on the guidance administrator's role perceptions. (Author)

Discusses the conflicting roles of the various actors involved in curriculum development and suggests several strategies for resolving the power struggle that presently characterizes curriculum development. Available from Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1701 K Street, N.W., Suite 1100, Washington, D.C. 20006, single copies,…

A study of 25 college and university campuses to determine whether the college presidency is still an influential leadership position is discussed. The objectives were to find out what today's presidents think of their jobs and to learn how their immediate colleagues and publics view them as leaders. (MLW)