This paper presents findings of a study that examined the perceptions of a first-year principal and faculty as they responded to implementation efforts to develop a collaborative climate in their rural Louisiana elementary school. Data were obtained from interviews with the principal and 31 teachers, a principal survey and a teacher survey, and…

Researchers who have focused on issues of interpersonal communication in organizations have concluded that it is an essential component of organizational life. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the communicator image of human-resource managers. A survey instrument called the Norton Communicator Style Measure (CSM) was sent to…

This paper describes the conflicting leadership styles of two women administrators of a nonprofit organization, the Miracle Riders Program in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It also offers suggestions for how the executive director and a board member/program manager could work together toward a shared organizational objective. Miracle Riders, sponsored by…

Two professors provide a duography of their former faculty-student relationship that confronted existing mentoring practices. They explore duography as an arts-based form of qualitative research to extend ways of thinking about and practicing the mentorship of graduate students. Duography is defined as a retrospective written account that two…

This paper presents findings of a study that examined the leadership practices of women superintendents to determine if their practices fit a new paradigm of administrative leadership. Data collection included: (1) telephone interviews with 30 rural and 21 urban female superintendents across the United States, and (2) completion of the Leadership…

A case study examined the process of preparing information for publication in an in-house newsletter for a large organization, focusing on the factors determining the amount of autonomy of public relations practitioners as professionals in organizations. The subject of the case study was a communication and advertising department of a "mixed…

A comparative survey of 46 Alaska school superintendents and 520 in the nation at large reveals that nearly all the superintendents in both groups consider their relationship with the school board to be important and spend a considerable amount of time on that relationship. A positive correlation emerges between the importance superintendents…

This article describes the processes of a weekly group composed of senior and junior staff in a multidisciplinary university clinic whose purpose was to further the climate of therapeutic community by working through intrastaff conflicts and to dilute the dependency and accompanying hostility of the professional trainees assigned to the clinic.…

This manual provides planners of professional development programs for practicing and aspiring school administrators with basic background information related to mentoring. Fundamental concepts that underlie mentoring in education are examined as well as many of the most frequently discussed issues concerning the actual implementation of mentor…

The concept of clinical supervision has for several years incorporated ideas about supervisory techniques that have recently received growing support from research on the implementation of innovations by teachers. Among these ideas are that supervision should be focused on teacher behaviors, that analysis of patterns of teacher behavior can help…

This paper examines the cultural and philosophical roots of competing interests in the proliferation and implementation of computers in the schools of Quebec, Canada, and specifically addresses the effect of this technology on teacher autonomy, professionalism, and the learning/teaching experience. In particular, it considers the implications for…

This chapter considers the factors that can aid the process of interaction between an instructional development consultant and a client. The client-consultant relationship is approached through an analysis of the needs of both the developer and the client that brought them together in the beginning. Ways to build on this beginning are discussed,…

The impact of interprofessional education experiences at Ohio State University on the subsequent attitudes and practices of graduates in professional roles was studied. Interprofessional education may involve classroom lecture and simulated experiences, as well as field experiences. A second dimension of interprofessional education concerns the…

The hypothesis that mentoring activities are intrinsically rather than extrinsically motivated is examined. The focus is on mentoring in an educational context (career development, creative arts, and other challenging pursuits and close interpersonal relationships where mentors encourage individuals beyond their horizons). A qualitative approach…

Joint action among teachers appears to depend on the teachers' perceptions of their interdependence and the presence of opportunities for joint action. An urban middle school had been organized into teams on several levels with strong support from the principal. Three situations that altered these operating procedures provided evidence that…