The Ebb and Flow of Social Network Ties between District Leaders under High-Stakes Accountability

Autor/inn/en	Daly, Alan J.; Finnigan, Kara S.
Titel	The Ebb and Flow of Social Network Ties between District Leaders under High-Stakes Accountability
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 48 (2011) 1, S.39-79 (41 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831210368990
Schlagwörter	School Districts; Central Office Administrators; Longitudinal Studies; Social Networks; Network Analysis; Federal Legislation; Low Achievement; Educational Improvement; Organizational Theories; Educational Change; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School district; Schulbezirk; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Netzplantechnik; Bundesrecht; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Organisationstheorie; Bildungsreform; Kalifornien
Abstract	Recent scholarship suggests the importance of school district offices in supporting reform. These studies provide strategies for building relations between central offices and sites in order to improve change efforts. However, what is frequently overlooked is that organizational reform efforts are socially constructed. Therefore, examining the underlying reform-related social networks may provide insight into how relational structures support or constrain efforts at reform. This longitudinal case study draws upon social network analysis and interviews to examine the reform-related knowledge, advice, and innovation network structures of central office and site leaders in a district facing sanction for underperformance and engaging a districtwide reform. Findings indicate that over time, the networks increased the number of superficial interactions, and more frequent exchanges remained unchanged, resulting in a centralized network structure. (Contains 4 notes, 2 tables, 2 charts and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10