| Autor: |
Mary M. Harris, Donald J. Willower |
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Journal of Educational Administration; 1998, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p353, 9p, 3 Diagrams |
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Hypotheses on principals' optimism, teacher perceptions of that optimism, and of school effectiveness were tested. The school was the unit of analysis. Teachers and principals in 50 secondary schools responded to two standard measures. To avoid sam e respondent bias, about half of the teachers in each school completed one instrument, half the other. Teacher perceptions of their principal's optimism and of their school's effectiveness were correlated, but the principal's self-reported optimism was n ot a predictor of perceived effectiveness. The congruence of teacher perceptions of the principal's optimism and the measured optimism was associated with perceived school effectiveness. Teachers saw the principals to be less optimistic than the principa ls scored; however, teacher perceptions of optimism and self-reported optimism were correlated across schools. We suggested explanations for this unusual combination of significant difference with significant correlation, and for other findings [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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