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Degree

Doctor of Education, Ashland University, College of Education, 2009.

Abstract

Although some school improvement literature has suggested that schools will improve when unions are removed from the school system, unions have rarely been isolated in the research. This study involved a mixed method case study approach to explore whether support of the local teacher union affected perceptions of school climate, as measured by the Organizational Health Inventory. The study found that teachers who supported the union had more positive perceptions on several of the organizational climate dimensions than teachers who were not supportive of the union.

Subject Headings

Education; Educational evaluation; Labor relations

Keywords

school climate; union; teacher union; organizational health; NEA; communication; trust; collective bargaining; academic emphasis; consideration; morale; institutional integrity; resource support; overall health index; job satisfaction; efficacy

Committee / Advisors

Carla Edlefson, PhD (Committee Chair)
Judy Alston, PhD (Committee Member)
Howard Walters, EdD (Committee Member)

Pages

169p.

Document number: ashland1241664483
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