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Child Care Staff Working Conditions Project: Summary of the Project.
Modigliani, Kathy; And Others – 1985
The goals of the Working Conditions Project were to collect information about child care center staff members and administration in Washtenaw County, Michigan; to identify sources of job satisfaction; and to report administrative practices associated with high commitment to a center by its staff. Results showed that more than 75 percent of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Qualifications, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Factors Contributing to the Job Satisfaction of School Principals.
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Friesen, David; And Others – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Responses to a 45-item questionnaire on job satisfaction administered to 410 principals in Alberta, Canada, found that contributing factors were responsibility and autonomy, principal-teacher work involvement, liaison at the district level, status recognition and task demands. Resource adequacy, salary and benefits, and rapport with students were…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role
Developing a Motivating Environment.
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Gordon, George Kenneth – Journal of Nursing Administration, 1982
The author presents some generalizations about nursing home employees and recommendations for cultivating and maintaining a motivating environment for staff. Recommendations concern nursing home administration, employee recruitment and selection, stability of work groups, supervisory training, employee recognition, and public relations. (CT)
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Employee Attitudes, Job Performance, Job Satisfaction
Supply and Demand of School Administrators in Nebraska.
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Wendel, Frederick C.; And Others – 1994
This paper presents findings of a study that investigated the supply and demand of school administrators in Nebraska and their levels of job satisfaction. Methodology included: (1) an analysis of Nebraska Department of Education data sets; (2) three different surveys each of 100 teachers and 100 school administrators; and (3) a questionnaire of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications
Learning Leadership Matters: Teachers' Experiences of Innovatively and Conventionally Prepared Principals. School Leadership Study: Developing Successful Principals
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Orr, Margaret Terry; Orphanos, Stelios – Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, 2007
This paper investigates the relationship between innovative leadership preparation and teacher outcomes, building on prior research on the effects of preparation on leadership and effects of leadership on teacher outcomes by drawing on two different teacher samples (Stanford University-based study of innovative programs and the SASS teacher…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Structural Equation Models, Teacher Surveys, Factor Analysis
Perspectives on Leadership. Current Issues in Higher Education No. 1, 1979.
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
Perspectives on leadership, the workplace, and changing values are presented in three papers. In "Changing the Shape of Work: Reform in Academe," Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses the structure of academic career paths and ways to improve the quality of worklife for individuals employed in academe, applying theories she developed in her study on work…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Business, College Administration