Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 19 Issue 1

THE EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATOR: A SKETCH FOR DISCUSSION

PAMELA E. YOUNG

This paper suggests that educational administration has not as yet closely examined the questions of political and social philosophy which underlie many of the decisions made by…

THE VALUE OF THEORY COURSEWORK IN ENHANCING STUDENTS' CONCEPTUAL COMPLEXITY

PAULA F. SILVER, ROBERT HESS

This paper reports the findings of an exploratory, small sample, one institution study designed to assess the value of process‐oriented theory coursework in enhancing students’…

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LEADER BEHAVIOR OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN FOUR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

NATHIR G. SARA

Findings of research on behavior of school principals in four developing countries are summarized to shed light on the question of university of certain patterns of leader…

ORGANIZATIONAL STRESS IN THE ROLE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN ISRAEL

MIRIAM EREZ, JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN

The present study examined the potential and actual stress in terms of conflict and ambiguity, in the role of the elementary school principal. The investigation was focused on the…

MOTIVATING STAFF —: A PROBLEM FOR THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR

MERV BATCHLER

The relevance to education of Herzberg's “motivation‐hygiene” theory and its implications for school administrators facing the “perennial problem” of motivating staff are…

ISSUES AND CHANNELS IN COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A SCHOOL AND ITS PARENTAL ENVIRONMENT

WARREN L. MELLOR, P. MARTIN HAYDEN

If schools do not adequately meet the needs of their parental community, then over time the students and resources on which those schools depend are likely to suffer a progressive…

EDUCATIONISTS AND INDUSTRIAL ISSUES: LIMITS TO THE MIXING OF POLITICS AND LAW

I.K.F. BIRCH

Litigation is not a much sought after means used by participants in Australian education to advance political aims for reasons such as earlier discouraging decisions of the…

WORK‐RELATED ATTITUDES OF ACADEMIC STAFF AT AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES PART 2 — ROLE DIFFERENTIATION AND INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE

L.V. ENTREKIN, J.E. EVERETT

This study develops an empirical basis for examining role differentiation in Australian Universities and Colleges. Multiple discriminant analysis of the work‐related attitudes of…

ACADEMIC STAFF WORK LOADS IN A UNIVERSITY

NEVILLE H. FRY

The work loads of academic staff at the University of Queensland are analyzed and comparisons made between the work loads of staff by rank and by academic field. The analysis…