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50 Years of ERIC
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Superintendents' Assessment of Hispanic, Latino, and White Job Candidates for a High School Principalship: Effects of Cultural Subdivisions and Student Characteristics
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Young, I. Phillip; Young, Karen Holsey; Oto, Todd – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2011
Credentials of hypothetical standing principal candidates are assessed in a 3X2 completely crossed factorial design varying diversity of applicants (Hispanic, Latino, or White) and diversity of students (low vs. high Hispanic enrollments). Screening decisions of superintendents are assessed according to job-related criteria, probability of an…
Descriptors: Credentials, Probability, Superintendents, Student Characteristics
Effects of Attraction-Similarity, Social Distance, and Academic Environment on Screening Decisions Performed by Elementary School Teachers: An Uncharted Course
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Young, I. Phillip; Marroquin, Paz Fernando – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2006
This study examines the screening decisions of teachers as organizational representatives and varies the focal position sought by applicants (teacher or counselor), the location of the job assignment (proximal or distal), and academic performance of a school district. Credentials of hypothetical job candidates were evaluated according to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Decision Making, Public School Teachers, Teacher Selection
The Impact of Age for Asian, Hispanic, and Native American Teacher Candidates on Principals' Screening Decisions as Viewed from a Social Distance Perspective
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Young, I. Phillip; Oto, Todd – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2004
A national random sample of senior high school principals evaluated the paper credentials of hypothetical teacher candidates varying both in national origin (Asian, Hispanic, or Native American) and in chronological age (control condition, 29 years old, or 49 years old) for a focal teacher position either in their building (proximal) or in their…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Age Differences, American Indians, Principals