TY  - JOUR
AB  - The term “bureaucracy” is becoming increasingly relevant in discussion of schools, especially as they grow bigger and organizationally more complex. This study of 48 elementary schools in Ontario attempted to account for interschool variation in bureaucratization, particularly as it was associated with leader behavior. Hall's scales were used to measure perceived degree of bureaucratization; the LBDQ‐XII to measure leader behavior. It was found that leader behavior is the biggest single determinant of level of bureaucratization. Contrary to the traditional view, size of school is inversely related to level of bureaucratization. Although some 25 per cent of interschool variation in bureaucratization was not accounted for by the variables studied it seems clear that “as goes the principal, so goes the school.”
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
SN  - 0957-8234
DO  - 10.1108/eb009648
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009648
AU  - PUNCH KEITH F.
PY  - 1970
Y1  - 1970/01/01
TI  - Interschool Variation in Bureaucratization
T2  - Journal of Educational Administration
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 124
EP  - 134
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -