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ERIC Number: EJ541719
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
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: Manitoba