Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 24 Issue 2

THE STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION: A DEVELOPMENTAL POINT OF VIEW

J. ANTHONY RIFFEL

This essay considers educational administration in developmental terms and incorporates concern for culture and political ethics. It argues the need for theory of a different…

PRIMITIVE SEMANTIC NOTIONS ABOUT HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES: IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL KNOWLEDGE

DAVID CORSON

This article proposes that both the new critique of organisation theory in education and the “new” sociology of education overlook, in their respective knowledge claims, a…

THE APPLICATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS TO THE STUDY OF SCHOOLS

A. STURMAN

The application of different models of organization to the study of schools is common in the literature on organizational theory. This literature distinguishes rational models…

THE SUPERINTENDENT AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER: FINDINGS FROM EFFECTIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS

JOSEPH MURPHY, PHILIP HALLINGER

The study reported on in this article examines how instructional leadership is exercised by superintendents in effective school districts. We employ concepts drawn from school…

INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING NEEDS FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS

WILLIAM L. JOHNSON, KAROLYN J. SNYDER

The central job thrust for principals has been redirected in recent years from school maintenance to instructional leadership. School districts have responded to the job…

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRESS: MATCHING THEORY, HUNCHES AND DATA

FRED C. FEITLER, EDWARD B. TOKAR

This study presents data and discusses the relationship between occupational stress and organization theory for school administrators. Classical organization theory, focusing upon…

THE PERCEIVED STRESS LEVELS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PRINCIPALS

LAWSON K. SAVERY, MICHAEL DETIUK

The research reported in this article was conducted in Government schools in Western Australia. The results indicate that there was a problem concerning perceived stress among the…

SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CONSTRAINTS: A CROSS‐CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON CANADIAN AND SWAZILAND SCHOOLS

Y.L. JACK LAM

Using a recently developed instrument, the environmental characteristics and constraints of Canadian public schools and those of Swaziland were captured in respective profiles for…