TY  - JOUR
AB  - During the past decade considerable attention has been placed on
enhancing teacher professionalism primarily through increasing teacher
participation in decision making regarding issues affecting teachers′
schools and classrooms. This focus on teacher involvement in decision
making is not without precedent. Studies pertaining to participative
decision making have guided the field and practice of educational
administration for over 40 years. Nonetheless, questions continue to
persist regarding how to engage teachers most effectively in decision
making. Is a replication of a study conducted in 1980 which investigated
the extent of teacher involvement in schoolwide and instructional
issues, teachers′ interest and expertise in decision issues, and
teachers′ job satisfaction. The intent of the replication was to
determine if, after a decade of attention on enhancing teacher
involvement in decision making, teachers′ perceptions of their actual
and desired involvement and their job satisfaction have changed. This
study tested empirically the relationships between levels of teacher
involvement in decision making, teachers′ interest and expertise
regarding selected decision issues, and teacher job satisfaction. In
addition, this study explored possible relationships between changes in
teachers′ decision involvement and the reform initiatives of site‐based
management.
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
SN  - 0957-8234
DO  - 10.1108/09578239410051844
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09578239410051844
AU  - Rice Ellen Marie
AU  - Schneider Gail T.
PY  - 1994
Y1  - 1994/01/01
TI  - A Decade of Teacher Empowerment: An Empirical Analysis of Teacher
Involvement in Decision Making, 1980‐1991
T2  - Journal of Educational Administration
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 43
EP  - 58
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -