Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 26 Issue 1

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND THE NEW PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

COLIN W. EVERS

In this paper, which was presented at the joint annual conferences of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia and the Group for Research in Educational Administration…

LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR OF PRINCIPALS AND THE ZONE OF ACCEPTANCE OF ELEMENTARY TEACHERS

WAYNE K. HOY, BONNIE LEVERETTE BROWN

Effective administrative authority involves willing rather than forced compliance; hence, a major concern of school principals should be to find strategies to increase the zone of…

DECENTRALIZATION, DEVOLUTION AND THE TEACHER: PARTICIPATION BY TEACHERS IN THE DECISION MAKING OF SCHOOLS

JUDITH D. CHAPMAN

The implementation of the policy of devolution in the government school system of Victoria, Australia, has significantly enhanced the opportunities for teachers to become involved…

THE PRINCIPAL AS A CLIMATE FACTOR IN AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS: A REVIEW OF STUDIES

LAURIE BRADY

This article surveys the four studies which examine principal behaviour as a factor of organizational climate in Australian primary schools, and which relates those factors to…

ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND WORK SATISFACTION: THE CASE OF BEDUIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN ISRAEL

YORAM NEUMANN, ARIE REICHEL, ISMAEL ABU SAAD

The purpose of this study is to focus on Israeli Beduin school teachers and examine the nature of their satisfaction with the job, perception of organizational climate, and their…

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

EFRAIM TURBAN, JANET CAMERON FISHER, STEVE ALTMAN

A decision support system (DSS) is a flexible, interactive, computerized approach intended to support administrators in their decision making activities and which is capable of…

PROFILE OF EXCELLENCE

Throughout the 1970s, far reaching changes were introduced in public schools in Victoria. These changes fundamentally altered the relationships between students, teachers…