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ERIC Number: EJ422171
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Some Negative Effects of Principals' Control-Oriented and Protective Political Behavior.
Blase, Joseph J.
American Educational Research Journal, v27 n4 p727-53 Win 1990
In an open-ended questionnaire examination of school politics from a teacher's viewpoint, 276 teachers described the control-oriented and protective political strategies of principals. The use of control-manipulative political behaviors by some principals had serious negative effects on teacher involvement and performance and undermined school-based academic and social standards. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Attitude Measures, Behavior Patterns, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Instructional Leadership, Politics of Education, Principals, Questionnaires, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Control Oriented Behavior; Open Ended Questions; Protective Behavior