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Fauske, Janice R.; Ogawa, Rodney T. – 1985
This study sought to describe how an elementary school faculty made sense of the impending succession of its principal, and to extend Gephart's effort to develop a grounded theory of leader succession by examining an unforced succession in an organization whose members exerted little if any influence on the selection process. On the basis of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Case Studies, Elementary Schools
Fauske, Janice R.; Ogawa, Rodney T. – 1983
Applying theory from organizational and cultural perspectives to succession of principals, this study observes and records the language and culture of a small suburban elementary school. The study's procedures included analyses of shared organizational understandings as well as identification of the principal's influence on the school. Analyses of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Leadership Qualities
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Fauske, Janice R.; Ogawa, Rodney T. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1987
Describes how an elementary school coped with its principal's impending departure and extends R. Gephart's grounded theory of leader succession--that faculty collectively degrade the departing principal's status. This study finds individual degradation attitudes prevalent among teachers lacking meaningful contact with the departing principal.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Education, Employment Problems, Interpersonal Competence