The major purposes of this study were (1) to determine the extent to which educational managers, who have completed a behavior modeling training program, such as Interaction Management, are judged by their subordinates and by themselves to demonstrate desired skills in interactions with subordinates; (2) to assess to what extent coaching/reinforcement of principals by their superiors was provided following implementation of the behavior modeling training program, and (3) to determine the extent to which positive change in the management behavior of principals is related to the amount and quality of reinforcement/coaching they received from superiors for the use of the newly acquired skills. / The study employed a one group pre-post design. Principals employed in Florida school districts served as the subjects of the study. The principals completed the behavior modeling training program Interaction Management. Superiors of the principals were oriented with respect to the objectives of the training program, and were encouraged to coach and reinforce the principals who used the skills targeted by the training program. The management behaviors of the principals were assessed by the principals themselves, and by their assistant principals, both before and after completion of the behavioral modeling training program. / The major findings were that: (1) both the principals themselves, and the assistant principals, viewed the principals as more effective in the five types of employee-supervisor interactions after they completed Interaction Management training, (2) the principals perceived that they had received a higher level of coaching in, and reinforcement for, the use of the skills taught in Interaction Management after implementation of the Interaction Management program than before, and (3) pre-training post-training gains in effectiveness as reported both by the principals themselves and by the assistant principals, were found to be positively related to the extent to which the principals reported that their superiors coached them in, and reinforced them for, the use of the skills taught in Interaction Management. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-10, Section: A, page: 2896. / Major Professor: George Aker. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77858 |
| Contributors | Katzenmeyer, Marilyn Heindel., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 153 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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