Loose-Coupled Responses to External Constraints: An Analysis of Public Educators' Coping Strategies.

Lam, Y. L. Jack

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ERIC Number: EJ541719

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Publication Date: 1997

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Loose-Coupled Responses to External Constraints: An Analysis of Public Educators' Coping Strategies.

Lam, Y. L. Jack

Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v43 n1 p37-50 Spr 1997

Examines superintendents', principals', and teachers' coping strategies for dealing with externally imposed problems or disruptive change in four Manitoba school divisions. Identifies seven major coping strategies and analyzes them in terms of strategic choice theory versus environmental determinist theory. Contains 30 references. (SV)

Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Coping, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Institutional Environment, Organizational Change, Organizational Climate, Principals, Problem Solving, Public Schools, Superintendents, Teacher Response, Teachers

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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