Describes the "old boys network" of power brokers, consultants, educational administration schools, and administrator organizations that help place superintendents and other school administrators around the country. Profiles several organizations and regional job brokers and consultants and discusses charges that the network is racist,…

Power and the paradox of powerlessness are defined in terms of the resource exchange theory of Foa and Foa. Power is conceptualized as the possession of resources, e.g., love, status, and money. The Karpman triangle is used to illustrate the power behind the victim's powerlessness. (Author)

Conflict between a president and a governing board can be reduced by third party intervention. Before a board changes presidents, trustees should seek the best available outside analysts to help clarify issues and circumstances and identify possible alternative courses. (MLW)

Quality of work-life issues are described in relation to a changing labor force. Organizational issues affecting work motivation include opportunity and power. An integrated approach is taken to productivity and quality of work life. (JN)

Tested the action of the dissonance model on immigrants who were obliged to prepare for a new occupation. Four coping strategies were found combining high vs. low level of self-image and vocational involvement with positive vs. negative attitudes toward work and authority figures at work. (Author)

Hierarchical incongruities in a marriage can occur when a spouse develops a symptom in an attempt to balance the division of power in the couple. The therapist must organize the couple so that the division of power is balanced, and the couple is organized in a congruous hierarchy. (Author)

People in academic social systems who are interested in promotions learn about decision-making processes in academe, and about communication linkages. They learn to grasp the impact of these linkages and the support networks. An irrefutable ingredient is a sterling professional performance. Applying personal power requires individual tailoring.…

Discusses the change in the relationship between students and teachers, as that relationship is based on authority, over 20 years at two Episcopal schools. Available from Private School Quarterly, Post Office Box 21587, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33335. (IRT)

Three significant process relationships were found: (1) social power affected leader behavior; (2) group cohesiveness affected job satisfaction; and (3) job satisfaction affected intent to leave. Important nonsignificant findings also emerged: (1) leader behavior did not affect intent; and (2) group cohesiveness did not affect intent. (Author)

Androgynous husbands used fewer last-resort, dependency and authoritative, and more give-up means of influence. Androgynous wives tended to use significantly less give-up, accommodative, dependency and authoritative means. Different sex-role types will differ in the use of means of influence. (Author)

Previous faculty National Labor Relations Board status decisions are analyzed to discern the rationale behind the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to follow prior holdings of the Board. The Board can now either set a procedure for determining faculty status or declare faculty protected, forcing Congress to address the issue directly. (MSE)

Economics can help formulate clear and answerable questions for assessing educational performance and the use of resources, but the economist can also identify wider issues of power and control. The British educational system is a producer-dominated system with great monopoly power, limited by resources; its implications are noted. (Author/MSE)

Interprets Saul Alinsky's contribution to community development through three themes: community cohesiveness as one goal of community organization; political participation and goal of broadening community participation in city-wide decision making; and the use of nonviolent conflict in unifying diverse local interests and effectively bargaining…

Probes some ways in which teachers in a preschool system adapted their behavior in the light of the demands that they perceived the organization placed on them. Also examines the communication of power and authority that influenced the behavior of the teachers. (Author/IRT)

A national survey of student personnel administrators shows that they have policy-making authority for their areas of direct responsibility, that over 95 percent report directly to the institution's chief executive officer, and that student personnel services are diverse and include many traditional and nontraditional areas. (MSE)