Administrative Control in Large-City School Systems: An Investigation in Chicago.

Crowson, Robert L.; Morris, Van Cleve

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Publication Date: 1985

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Administrative Control in Large-City School Systems: An Investigation in Chicago.

Crowson, Robert L.; Morris, Van Cleve

Educational Administration Quarterly, v21 n4 p51-70 Fall 1985

Observation of a sample of 24 Chicago (Illinois) principals for a period of 11 working days each, spread over the course of 1 to 2 school years, revealed evidence of an organizational loyalty/identification system and a training-oriented relationship between the principal and the district superintendent. (MLF)

Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Bureaucracy, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Occupational Mobility, Organizational Communication, Principals, Problem Solving, Promotion (Occupational), Superintendents, Values

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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