The study examined: (1) the relative contributions of six intrapersonal subsystems of potential adopters of innovations in accounting for attitudes toward change and toward the change agent; and, (2) the characteristics of diffusion strategies associated with modifications in attitudes toward change and toward the change agent.
Administrators and teaching faculty (N = 624) from 103 secondary level programs for the hearing impaired participated in the study. Data for the study were obtained in three ways: (1) initial questionnaire to obtain indices of intra-personal characteristics; (2) a similar follow-up questionnaire seven months after the initial questionnaire; and, (3) records of interactions between change agency personnel and staff in the 103 participating programs.
Six intra-personal subsystem scores were derived from the 26 intrapersonal characteristics using a priori subsystem assignment based on Paisley's (1973) model of the change process. Multiple regression analyses yielded no substantial predictive relationships for either of the two research questions. Cross-validation analyses on the regression analyses indicated substantial shrinkage in already inconsequential predictive power.
Possible explanations for the lack of predictive relationships are discussed. Suggestions for future research include: (1) refinements in procedures to continue investigation into the research questions attempted in this study; (2) use of multiple criterion variables; (3) use of simulation or gaming techniques to overcome methodological difficulties; and (4) investigation into organizational and administrative factors which are related to innovation and change within educational settings. / Ph. D.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/76534 |
| Date | January 1977 |
| Creators | Clark, Norma K. |
| Contributors | Educational Research and Evaluation |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation, Text |
| Format | vi, 120 leaves., application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 6529082 |
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