The study sought to identify the attitudes of selected business and educational middle managers in Escambia County, Florida Public School District toward educational issues extracted from the 1969-1979 national Gallup Polls. An additional comparison was then made between responses of the Escambia County sector and those of the Gallup national sample. The relationship between responses by the Escambia County sample and certain demographic variables, i.e., age and management experiences was also analyzed. / A total of 114 subjects were included in this study; 56 principals and 58 industrial middle managers. All principals employed in public schools, except for three who served on the professional panel, were asked to complete the questionnaire. An equal number of industrial middle manager participants were randomly selected from a list of private businesses in Escambia County. / The instrument was a 23-point questionnaire covering five broad categories of educational concerns; student management, finance, curriculum, community relations and administration. For purpose of data analysis, frequencies and percentages were used to compare the responses of the local groups. Chi-square was also used to test for a significant difference at the .05 level of the Escambia sample and the national results and between the responses by the Escambia County sample and certain demographic variables. / Analysis of data collected in this study showed that the three groups responded in a significantly different manner on all the questions, indicating a need for improved communication regarding educational issues. The public school middle managers felt that influences from outside the schools (e.g., parental indifference) were the major school problems. The industrial group indicated that the major concerns for school problems were influenced by factors within the schools (e.g., discipline). National respondents identified factors both within and outside of the schools as major concerns, e.g., financial support and discipline. / No significant relationships at the .05 level were found between the ages and length of management experience of the Escambia County groups and their perceptions of school problems. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-06, Section: A, page: 2403. / Thesis (Educat.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74509 |
| Contributors | HYSELL, LINDA SUE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 175 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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