Explores how principals maintain control when faced with demands for both teacher autonomy and increased environmental involvement. Interviews with 22 Israeli teachers and principals revealed four administrative control mechanisms: direct control and indirect control (via elementary teachers' teamwork), and manipulation of secondary teachers'…

Principals operate in a tightly regulated system while attempting to lead teachers toward voluntary extracurricular activities. According to a case study of an Israeli senior school, leaders resolve this paradox by mobilizing teachers via behavior- and cognition-shaping strategies which cause them to redefine their work. Administrators succeed…