The purpose of this study was (a) to research the impact of electronic communication on the role of the principal and school leaders and (b) to investigate patterns of unanticipated consequences or phenomena that have developed within the organization along with the widespread use of electronic media. Twelve themes were identified and grouped into two main categories of the principal's role and computer-mediated communication.
Boudourides, M.A. (1995, October). Social and psychological effects in computer-mediated communication. Paper presented at the Netties 95 Conference, Piraeus, Greece. Retrieved June 3, 2004, from http://www.math.upatras.gr/~mboudour/articles/csi.html
2.
Creswell, J. (2006). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
3.
Gall, M., Borg, W., & Gall, J. (2006). Educational research: An introduction (8th ed.). White Plains, NY: Longman.
Hampton, K.N. (2003). Grieving for a lost network: Collective action in a wired suburb. Information Society, 19(5), 417-429.
6.
Houston, P. (2001). Superintendents for the 21st century: It's not just a job, it's a calling. Phi Delta Kappan, 82(6), 428-433.
7.
Lieb, J.M. (1995). The impact of intra-district communications using electronic mail on the Fullerton School District. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California, 1995). Dissertation Abstracts International, 57(04A), 1580.
8.
Manen, M. (1990). Researching lived experience: Human science for an action sensitive pedagogy. Albany: State University of New York Press.
9.
Mayer-Guell, A.M. (2000, March). Dictating modes of communication: How communication media usage norms limit freedom of expression in virtual organizations. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Southern States Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
10.
McFadden, C., Mobley, D., Burnham, J., Joyner, R.L., & Peel, H.A. (2003). Are National ISLLC Standards important to job performance? An Eastern North Carolina perspective. In F. C. Lunenburg & C. S. Carr (Eds.), Shaping the future: Policy, partnerships and emerging perspectives (pp. 389-400). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education.
Riva, G. (2002). The sociocognitive psychology of computer-mediated communication: The present and future of technology-based interactions. Cyber Psychology & Behavior, 5(6), 581-598.
13.
Skrla, L., Erlandson, D.A., Reed, E.M., & Wilson, A.P. (2001). The emerging principalship. Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.
14.
Sproull, L., & Kiesler, S. (1991). Connections: New ways of working in the networked organization. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
15.
Texas Education Agency. (2007). Pocket edition of Texas public school statistics. Austin, TX: Author.
16.
Wilkinson, L., & Buboltz, W.C. (1998, March). E-mail: Communication of the future?Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, Washington, DC.
