Organizational Structure and Professional Alienation: The Case of Public School Teachers.

Cox, Harold; Wood, James R.

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Publication Date: 1980-Oct

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Organizational Structure and Professional Alienation: The Case of Public School Teachers.

Cox, Harold; Wood, James R.

Peabody Journal of Education, v58 n1 p1-6 Oct 1980

Alienation among teachers has increased as their demands for greater professional autonomy increase. Conflict arises when principals reject teachers' need for independence. The professional teacher's rejection of bureaucratic organizational techniques results from professional training with its commitment to higher ideals. (JN)

Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Conflict, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Power, Power Structure, Public Schools, Standards, Teacher Alienation, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Militancy, Teacher Morale, Teaching (Occupation), Vertical Organization

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Language: English

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