Structural Coupling, Robustness and Effectiveness of Schools

Abstract

Explores the relationships between teacher perceptions of the structural coupling in their schools and their perceptions of school robustness and effectiveness in a research study of 73 participating schools. Pearson product‐moment correlations of mean scores from each school produced significant relationships, suggesting that teacher perceptions of relatively tight coupling of goal direction/vision and work supervision structures, and relatively loose coupling of manipulative control structures, are associated with their positive perceptions of school robustness and effectiveness as well as student achievement and attendance.

Citation

Logan, C.S., Ellett, C.D. and Licata, J.W. (1993), "Structural Coupling, Robustness and Effectiveness of Schools", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 31 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/09578239310045095