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Griffin, Gloria; Chance, Edward W. – Journal of School Leadership, 1994
Summarizes a study that expands the contextual parameters of effective schools research by defining the school district as a macro social system containing individual schools as microsocial systems. Analyzes principals' and superintendents' perceptions of six identified effective schools to determine the significance of the superintendent's role…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Chance, Edward W. – 1988
This study of rural schools in the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas focused on self-reported characteristics of secondary school principals as well as their leadership style. A total of 592 surveys were mailed to the identified population, of whom 462 returned completed forms. It was found that the Great Plains rural…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Instructional Leadership