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Main, Patty Accepted Dissertation 1-5-17 Sp17.pdf (704.76 KB)
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How Superintendents Prepare School Districts for Change
Author Info
Main, Patty A.
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7429-2830
Permalink:
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou14836300290792
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2017, Doctor of Education (EdD), Ohio University, Educational Administration (Education).
Abstract
This study was a quest toward understanding how superintendents prepare districts for change in response to various internal and external environmental forces. This study focused on aspects of the change readiness process. Finally, this study sought to answer questions regarding aspects of a climate and specific strategies superintendents utilize that hinder or assist in preparing a district for change. This research was a qualitative case study bounded by a shared experience. The informants consisted of a purposeful selection of maximum variation, four public school superintendents from Ohio. The four informants were identified and data were collected using the interview process. Saldana's (2010) multi-cycle coding method was used to analyze the data. Interpretation of the data revealed support for the three conditions of a climate included in Schein's (2010) Change Model. Analysis of the interview data also revealed a number of strategies that assisted superintendents in preparing a district for change (persuasive communication, active participation, pacing, and discrepancy.) Lastly, various strategies were identified as hindering the process of preparing a district for change (personal support and discrepancy).
Committee
Krisanna Machtmes, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Dwan Robinson, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Charles Lowery, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
Eugene Geist, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Pages
221 p.
Subject Headings
Education
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Education Policy
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Educational Leadership
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Educational Psychology
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Organization Theory
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Organizational Behavior
Keywords
Active Participation
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Change
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Change Readiness
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Change Strategies
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Change Model
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Communication
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Disconfirmation
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Discrepancy
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Mandate
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Pacing
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Principal Support
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Psychological Safety
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Self-reflection
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Survival Anxiety
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Main, P. A. (2017).
How Superintendents Prepare School Districts for Change
[Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou14836300290792
APA Style (7th edition)
Main, Patty.
How Superintendents Prepare School Districts for Change.
2017. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou14836300290792.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Main, Patty. "How Superintendents Prepare School Districts for Change." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou14836300290792
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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