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Publication Date: 1979-Jun
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School Principals' Decision-Making Behaviour in the Management of Innovation.
McGeown, Vincent
CORE, v3 n2 pf9-f10 Jun 1979
A rating scale operationalized a model for the adoption and implementation of educational innovation. Phases were designated: creating a climate for change; analyzing antecedent conditions; generating alternatives; initiating change adoption; implementing change; and evaluating change outcomes. Principals' decision-making behavior was the best predictor of innovation adoption. (f=fiche numbers). (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Decision Making, Differences, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Microfiche, Models, Organizational Climate, Principals, Program Development, Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Test Construction
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Language: English
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