Teacher Expectations of Administrative Behavior

Abstract

An examination of the relationship between principals' behavioral pat terns and teachers' attitudes toward their building administrators is undertaken in this paper. The findings suggest that a discrepancy exists between those goals teachers claim to seek and those which are actually prized. Harvey Goldman is Assistant Professor of Educational Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; James E. Heald is Professor of Educational Administration and Head, Office of Planning and Development, the College of Education, Michigan State University.