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Time Management, Passion, and Collaboration: A Qualitative Study of Highly Research Productive Counseling Psychologists
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Duffy, Ryan D.; Torrey, Carrie L.; Bott, Elizabeth M.; Allan, Blake A.; Schlosser, Lewis Z. – Counseling Psychologist, 2013
The present study interviewed 17 of the most research-productive counseling psychologists within APA-accredited counseling psychology programs. Using Consensual Qualitative Research, seven domains emerged from the interviews: root of productivity, personality characteristics, productivity strategies, work environment, nonwork life, impact, and…
Descriptors: Time Management, Counseling Psychology, Psychologists, Productivity
The Perceptions of Elementary Principals about Their Role in the Establishment of Collaborative Workplaces in Their School Buildings
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Sullivan, Bradley D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this case study was to develop an understanding of the elementary principal's perceived role in creating and sustaining a collaborative workplace environment within their school. Collaboration among education professionals, when used effectively, is one strategy that has demonstrated improvement of instruction and student learning.…
Descriptors: Principals, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Administrator Role
Recruiting and Retaining New Generations of Community College Faculty
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Mouchayleh, Theresa Stewart – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Much generational research has been conducted in the last decade, prompted most likely by the drastic social and technological changes of the late 20th century, the increase in enrollments in higher education, the increase in families with two working parents, and the meteoric rise in the widespread use and acceptance of emerging technologies.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Focus Groups, Baby Boomers, College Faculty
Sorting in the Labor Market: Do Gregarious Workers Flock to Interactive Jobs?
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Krueger, Alan B.; Schkade, David – Journal of Human Resources, 2008
This paper tests a central implication of the theory of equalizing differences, that workers sort into jobs with different attributes based on their preferences. We present evidence from four new time-use data sets for the United States and France suggesting that workers who are more gregarious, as revealed by their behavior when they are not…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Career Choice
Reports from the Front Line: English Headteachers' Work in an Era of Practice Centralization
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Bottery, Michael – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2007
This article investigates the perceptions of English headteachers to questions addressing the setting of goals and the effects of external pressure on headteachers. The research utilizes semi-structured interviews with headteachers from a variety of contexts. These interviews were used to write individual headteacher "portraits", which…
Descriptors: Principals, Foreign Countries, Administrator Attitudes, Stress Variables
Why "Particularly Good" Principals Don't Quit.
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Boris-Schacter, Sheryl; Merrifield, Susan – Journal of School Leadership, 2000
Discusses findings from interviews with 19 committed principals and places them within the context of new research on principals as lifelong learners who publicly model intellectual curiosity. Conditions for continuous learning exemplified by these principals comprise three categories: professional identity, influence of the liberal arts, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Adult Learning, Curiosity