An Analysis of Women Urban Superintendents: A National Study.

Wesson, Linda Hampton; Grady, Marilyn L.

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ERIC Number: EJ478710

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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An Analysis of Women Urban Superintendents: A National Study.

Wesson, Linda Hampton; Grady, Marilyn L.

Urban Education, v28 n4 p412-24 Jan 1994

Studies work lives of 21 female urban school superintendents focusing on perceived sources of job satisfaction, personal benefits from the job, sense of self-fulfillment, and personal strengths brought to the job. Results indicate that female superintendents use collegial approaches in highly bureaucratic and structured systems. (SLD)

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Collegiality, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Interprofessional Relationship, Job Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, National Surveys, School Districts, Self Concept, Superintendents, Telephone Surveys, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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