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National and State Cultural Influences on Principals' Administration of Local Schools

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  • Frederick M. Wirt
  • Samuel Krug

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The conceptual core of this essay focuses on the dual concept of leadership as one who manages versus one who transforms values. The central research question is: Did a state-based versus national-based professional culture of cognitions dominate a 1, 200 sample of principals in six states, two each from Elazar's political cultures? The principals were asked attitudes about their tasks, and explanations of differences were sought through cultural, personal, and other factors by using graphic and regression techniques. There were wide differences among the sample states, and political culture had some minimal effect, all results that weakened the concept of a national professional culture. Copyright , Oxford University Press.

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  • Frederick M. Wirt & Samuel Krug, 0. "National and State Cultural Influences on Principals' Administration of Local Schools," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 31(2), pages 81-98.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:31:y::i:2:p:81-98
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