Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 38 Issue 1

Predictive validity of the locus of control test in selection of school administrators

Joseph Klein, Marc Wasserstein‐Warnet

This study examines the hypothesis that life experience may alter the orientation of locus of control. (The literature ascribes to successful managers an internal locus of…

Principal role in magnet schools: transformed or entrenched?

Charles S. Hausman

Although school choice programs are expected to alter the traditional roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders involved in the education of children, empirical evidence on…

Guilty or not: the impact and effects of site‐based management on schools

Neil Dempster

This paper examines the impact and effects of site‐based management on schools using a framework developed by Canadian researchers, Sackney and Dibski. It draws on research…

School attendance problems: using the TQM tools to identify root causes

L. David Weller

Deming’s quality managment principles (TQM) are widely used as a school restructuring vehicle and produce increases in student achievement and self‐esteem and increased teacher…

Public administration mentorship: conceptual and pragmatic considerations

Eugenie Samier

This paper explores the value of informal and formal mentoring for the preparation of senior administrative ranks in the public sector. Through the construction of a conceptual…

Leading People: Learning from People

Alan Pritchard