RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MORALE AND CONGRUENCY OF IDEAL TIME AND ACTUAL TIME SPENT ON ADMINISTRATIVE TASK AREAS
Abstract
This study was conducted to examine the congruency of perceived ideal time (PIT) and actual time spent (ATS) on various administrative task areas, and the relationship of this congruency to school principal morale. The administrative task areas defined and employed included: Business Management, Cafeteria Services, Certified Staff Personnel, Curriculum/Instruction, Facilities, Health and Safety, Legal Considerations, Noncertified Personnel, Pupil Personnel, School-Community Relations, and Transportation. Three hundred public school principals from Indiana were selected at random; 100 principals each at the levels of elementary, junior high/middle school, and senior high school. Data were obtained and deemed useable for statistical analyses from 209 of the 300 principals in the sample population. Two instruments were employed for data collection. A questionnaire entitled Personal Data And Task Area Ranking Questionnaire was developed specifically for use in this study to obtain personal data, organizational data, and task area ranking data. The School Administrator Morale Measure: Draft IV (SAMM IV) was utilized to collect principal moral data. SAMM IV yielded a total morale score for each respondent as well as measurements on nine factors of administrator morale: School Board Operations, Superordinate Relations, Remuneration, Community, Peer Relations, Subordinate Relations, Career Gratification, System Esteem, and Position Demands. Eight hypotheses and seven ancillary questions were developed and subjected to t-test comparisons. The following conclusions were made: (1) As principals' PIT and ATS become more congruent, the higher the morale will be for those principals. (2) The relationship between congruency of PIT and ATS to principal morale is strongest for elementary principals and weakest for senior high school principals. (3) No significant differences in total morale among elementary, junior high/middle school, and senior high school principals exist. (5) Certain commonalities exist among the different principalship levels as to order of performance based on the actual time afforded the administrative task areas identified in the study.
Degree
Ph.D.
Subject Area
School administration
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