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Pollicino, Elizabeth B. – 1996
This paper assesses public and private, four-year college or university faculty satisfaction in the context of the complexity of satisfaction and the importance of the interaction between faculty professional values or expectations and institutional values. Satisfaction is defined as the extent to which faculty perceive that the institution…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Workload, Higher Education
Burnstad, Helen – 1996
Time management is critical for effective leadership and productivity among community college chairs and deans. An organization that is more time conscious tends to be more productive and less stressful. Similarly, an organization's time management culture can provide ideas for improving productivity and the work environment. One model of time…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Community Colleges, Organizational Effectiveness, Planning
Pavan, Barbara Nelson; And Others – 1996
A review of literature indicates that relations between entry-level, female superintendents and school boards have been problematic. This paper presents findings of a study that identified the major issues faced by four female entry-level superintendents, how they handled these situations, and the strategies they used during their first year as…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Dinham, Steve; Scott, Catherine – 1997
This survey was undertaken to build upon and validate understanding of teacher satisfaction and dissatisfaction, orientation to teaching, teachers' values, and teacher health. The purpose of this endeavor was also to develop an instrument suitable for identifying and quantifying the sources and relative strength of factors contributing to teacher…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction
Contract Systems, Bureaucracies, and Faculty Motivation: The Probable Effects of a No-Tenure Policy.
Bess, James L. – 1997
This paper discusses the benefits and problems of tenure at higher education institutions in light of criticisms of a lack of faculty accountability and productivity. It examines the effects of contract versus tenure systems on faculty motivation, and argues that it is not the security of tenure that reduces faculty motivation and hence…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Faculty, Contracts, Faculty Development
Mallia, Margaret – 1992
Findings of a study of beginning principals and their roles as managers are presented in this paper. Interviews were conducted with 12 new primary and secondary principals in Victoria, Australia as part of a longitudinal study from 1989 to 1993. This paper focuses on interview data collected during the first year of the study. Drawing from…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Beginning Principals
Avant, Glen R.; Miller, James O. – 1992
Findings from a study that examined the relationship between work role-expectations of public school principals and work outcomes are presented in this paper. Methodology involved completion of the Miller-Carey Work Role Inventory by 200 elementary and secondary principals in 9 Georgia school systems. Findings indicate that the principals…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction
Hart, Ann Weaver – 1992
The potential impacts of teacher work reform efforts on attracting and retaining the best teachers are summarized in this paper, which draws on research conducted in Utah, Colorado, and Missouri between 1985 and 1991. Bluedorn's (1982) model of turnover is used to evaluate the effects of teacher work reform on turnover, which is composed of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Incentives
Dwyer, David C.; And Others – 1985
This case study presents findings from a year-long ethnographic study of the female principal of a secondary school in an innercity setting. It concludes one of seven studies conducted in elementary and intermediate schools in urban, suburban, and rural settings to investigate the instructional management role of principals. Data collection…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Instructional Leadership, Interprofessional Relationship
Eagle, Jan, Comp.; Carodonio, Jim, Comp. – 1988
Publications summarized in this annotated bibliography address critical issues on the restructuring of school governance and organization, curriculum reform, and the professionalization of teachers. Included are articles on specific schools and school districts that have made significant progress in their efforts to improve student achievement…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
National Center on Effective Secondary Schools, Madison, WI. – 1990
Summaries of activities and tentative findings of six research projects conducted by the National Center on Effective Secondary Schools are presented in this report. Names of the six projects are: Clearinghouse on Academic Achievement; Noninstructional Influences on Adolescent Engagement and Achievement; The Stratification of Learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment, Effective Schools Research
Schuster, Michael – 1989
An examination of the innovative compensation systems called gainsharing, profit-sharing, pay-for-knowledge, two-tier wage plans, and lump sum bonuses has the following public policy implications: (1) more research is needed to evaluate the private and public sectors' experience with those alternative systems; (2) gainsharing and profit-sharing…
Descriptors: Adults, Collective Bargaining, Compensation (Remuneration), Cost Effectiveness
Lawler, Edward E., III – 1986
Participative approaches to management are discussed, noting how each major participative management approach works, its particular strengths, costs, and savings. Identified as particularly promising is "high-involvement management" which involves employees both financially and psychologically. Guidelines for implementation are provided. A…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Employer Employee Relationship, Higher Education
Neal, John E. – 1990
The study attempted to determine liberal arts college faculty perceptions of their careers and professional needs and specific strategies for enhancing faculty job satisfaction in their roles as teachers, scholars, and members of different disciplinary groups. A total of 9,204 full time faculty at 142 participating colleges, all of them…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Carter, Carolyn G.; And Others – 1989
The relationship between employee turnover intentions and various predictors of turnover are examined in this study based on the theoretical framework of March and Simon's (1958) "decision to participate" model. Specifically, the predictors include desirability of movement (organizational commitment), ease of movement, job satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Agencies, Employee Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Extension Agents