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Kim, Taeyeon; Weiner, Jennie – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2022
Purpose: This study builds on research scrutinizing school autonomy in policy and school governance by shifting the focus from a formal structural view of autonomy to examining how principals negotiate autonomy in their daily work. Drawing on multiple dimensions of autonomy and street-level bureaucracy, this study examined how principals, as both…
Descriptors: Principals, Institutional Autonomy, School Administration, Administrator Attitudes
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Mitani, Hajime – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2018
Purpose: Many studies have investigated the impact of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and its sanctions on students and teachers. Little research, however, has systematically examined the relationship between NCLB and its sanctions and school principals. Given the importance of school leadership and the accountability systems implemented at…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Principals, Work Environment
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Woodland, Rebecca H.; Mazur, Rebecca – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2019
Purpose: This study examined an urban district's capacity to diffuse instructional innovations. Social network analysis (SNA) was used to examine the relationship between "informal" teacher support networks and "formal" teacher support networks engineered by administrators through required membership on a team. This study also…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Educational Innovation, Social Support Groups
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Sun, Min; Ni, Yongmei – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2016
Purpose: Knowledge about principals' leadership roles in charter schools' success has become more important as the number of charter schools increases and as we have learned more about the influence of principal leadership on school effectiveness. To contribute to the limited empirical literature on the principal labor market, this study explores…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Labor Market, Principals, Labor Turnover
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Baker, Bruce D.; Punswick, Eric; Belt, Charles – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2010
Purpose: The objective of this study is to investigate and characterize principals' backgrounds, individual and school level factors associated with leadership stability, and principal career paths and exit behaviors in Missouri. Method: In this study, the authors construct two data sets of practicing school principals in the state of Missouri:…
Descriptors: Racial Composition, Labor Market, Instructional Leadership, Principals
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Tooms, Autumn K.; Lugg, Catherine A.; Bogotch, Ira – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2010
This theoretical analysis employs a poststructuralist lens to reveal the constructs behind the word "fit", an oft used descriptor integral to the discourse of school hiring practices, personnel decisions, and politics. Although the term is a part of the everyday culture of school politics, it is rarely considered with any depth. Using the metaphor…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, School Administration, Personnel Selection, Social Adjustment