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Download full textBacharach, Samuel B.; Mitchell, Stephen M. – 1983
This essay reviews quality of work life as a management technique and argues that quality-of-work-life programs, conceptualized multidimensionally, offer a unique mechanism for improving working conditions in schools and within districts. A brief analysis of major management ideologies concludes that some techniques advocated under the label of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction
Bacharach, Samuel B.; And Others – 1983
Conceptualizing militant behavior as a strategic choice involving collective action and occurring within a specific organizational context, this paper examines the impact of various organizational factors on elementary and secondary school teachers' willingness to engage in militant behavior. Teachers in 83 New York districts were surveyed as to…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Group Behavior, Labor Relations, Multiple Regression Analysis
Mitchell, Stephen M.; Bacharach, Samuel B. – 1983
Because research on job characteristics as predictors of turnover is of debatable relevance to the study of school board turnover, the research reported here examines the impact of variables capable of capturing the political context. In a survey including data from 263 board members from 83 school districts in New York State, the dependent…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role
