Discusses the positive effects that can be attained in a library when senior management successfully supports library directors, and the importance of understanding the director's role and management style in order to increase his or her effectiveness. (CLB)

Education in democratic leadership requires teaching and encouraging students to improve their capacities for observation, reflection, imagination, invention, and judgment. The liberal arts college has a role in educating a nation of citizen-leaders who will treat civic and societal leadership as an individual obligation. (MSE)

Defines and contrasts the rhetorical status (individual's and groups' potential influence in society through symbols) of some Blacks and Whites under slavery, and analyzes the more powerful forms of persuasion employed by many Blacks during and after Reconstruction. (SR)

Problems in the impending transfer of British polytechnics away from local control and toward centralization are discussed. Political and practical considerations in the decision to centralize are examined. (MSE)

Examined whether status would affect avoidance of personal space invasions. Drinking behavior of male passersby at water fountain in administration building was recorded while either low status, high status, or no confederate stood near fountain. Results showed a significantly lower rate of drinking when high status confederate stood nearby than…

Investigates children's ability to recognize the legitimate authority figure in a structured authority situation. Thirty children at each of three age levels--5, 8, and 11 years--were administered the Authority Measure, an instrument designed to elicit children's reasoning about authority figures. (Author/RWB)

Introduces a discussion of power bases in academic setting that includes the following papers: "The Argument from Setting: Theatre in the Liberal and Fine Arts" by John Gronbeck-Tedesco; "The Practical Issues" by Vincent Angotti; and "Conservatory Training within the Academic Institution" by M. E. Comtois. (PD)

Investigated relationship between aspects of organizational structure and alienation as experienced by personnel (N=603) employed in nine social services organizations. Interviews with personnel making executive decisions, those making supervisory assessments, and those concerned with client interaction revealed that the best predictions of…

The literature on decentralization focuses on exchange of power and school reform. Rather than uncovering details of organizational processes, researchers attempted to impose inappropriate models upon them. Unable to explain how decentralization happens, they judged the process unsuccessful. Decentralization remains to be studied and understood.…

This study examined the relationship among principals' behavior in administering regulations, their hierarchical influence, and teacher loyalty to principals. A significant relationship was found between rule behavior of secondary principals and teacher loyalty, and hierarchical influence was significantly related to teacher loyalty for both…

Changes in the status of the British "chair" or professorship in the twentieth century are examined, with focus on the types of changes, the reasons for them, and the administrative, educational, and intellectual results. (MSE)

Studies of the relationship between the monopsony power of school districts and teachers' salaries are inconclusive. This study redefines certain variables and finds evidence of monopsonistic activity in local teacher labor markets. The small wage effects occur mainly at the mid-to-upper ranges of the bachelor's degree salary scale. (Author/CH)

Humor in teaching can promote a positive and cohesive class atmosphere but can also have unintended negative results if the teacher does not first develop a supportive relationship with the students. (Author)

Concerns ways in which consultants can learn about their clients' politics and address this content explicitly. Describes two modeling techniques that consultants might use in consultant-client interactions to facilitate the explicit examination and analysis of internal politics. Illustrates these techniques with case examples. (Author/ABB)

Explores feminist heroines in Julia Cunningham's "Tuppenny," who elude patriarchal entrapment and revitalize a community. (HOD)