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Corinne E. Barrett DeWiele – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2024
Despite daily interactions by principals with a variety of adults, there is scant research on the experiences which are so disrespectful that they become instances of workplace mistreatment. This study reveals, in a first of its kind, that workplace mistreatment does exist for principals and there are challenges to preventing it. Therefore, the…
Descriptors: Principals, Work Environment, Middle Schools, Administrator Attitudes
Taylor, Cheryl; McNaney-Funk, Claire; Jardine, Don; Lehman, Geannette; Fok-Chan, Evelyn – Online Submission, 2014
Studies have shown that teachers appreciate intrinsic rewards, such as student achievement, positive relationships with students, self-growth, and mastery of professional skills, far greater than extrinsic motivators, like holidays and salary (Plihal, 1981; Plihal, 1982; Ashiedu & Scott-Ladd, 2012; Baleghizadeh & Gordani, 2012). This paper…
Descriptors: Rewards, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Attitudes, Qualitative Research
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Meyer, Matthew J.; Macmillan, Robert B.; Northfield, Shawn – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2009
Our detailed study of two secondary schools in Nova Scotia which had experienced regular principal succession examined succession and its impact on teacher morale. We found that the process of principal succession and the new principal's practices have the potential to change a school culture and both positively and negatively affect teacher and…
Descriptors: School Culture, Foreign Countries, Teacher Morale, Principals