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ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATES OF IGE SCHOOLS AND OPEN-SPACE SCHOOLS IN SELECTED COUNTIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

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Date Issued:
1979
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The research study was designed to determine if there was a significant difference in the organizational climate between Individually Guided Education (IGE) and Open-Space schools. The instrument used was the Halpin and Croft Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ). The OCDQ was a sixty-four item Likert-type questionnaire which was developed to measure the organizational climates of elementary schools. The questionnaire was administered to teachers in fourteen schools located in the counties of Orange, Lake, Seminole, and Volusia in Central Florida. Seven of the schools were designated as IGE schools and seven were identified as Open-Space because of their architectural design. The OCDQ was administered in the fourteen schools during the month of November, 1978 . The 314 teachers that participated represented 92.08 percent of the possible responses. The questionnaires were administered with the assistance of the principals, unit leaders, and team leaders in the schools involved. It was concluded that the IGE schools scored higher on the three subtests because of the close working relationships that are part of the IGE concept. The differences in the total organizational climates of the IGE and Open-Space schools were based on the inherent differences of the two types of schools examined.
Title: THE ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATES OF IGE SCHOOLS AND OPEN-SPACE SCHOOLS IN SELECTED COUNTIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA.
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Name(s): PAULEY, EDWARD RAYMOND.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1979
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 133 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The research study was designed to determine if there was a significant difference in the organizational climate between Individually Guided Education (IGE) and Open-Space schools. The instrument used was the Halpin and Croft Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ). The OCDQ was a sixty-four item Likert-type questionnaire which was developed to measure the organizational climates of elementary schools. The questionnaire was administered to teachers in fourteen schools located in the counties of Orange, Lake, Seminole, and Volusia in Central Florida. Seven of the schools were designated as IGE schools and seven were identified as Open-Space because of their architectural design. The OCDQ was administered in the fourteen schools during the month of November, 1978 . The 314 teachers that participated represented 92.08 percent of the possible responses. The questionnaires were administered with the assistance of the principals, unit leaders, and team leaders in the schools involved. It was concluded that the IGE schools scored higher on the three subtests because of the close working relationships that are part of the IGE concept. The differences in the total organizational climates of the IGE and Open-Space schools were based on the inherent differences of the two types of schools examined.
Identifier: 11725 (digitool), FADT11725 (IID), fau:8657 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.
College of Education
Subject(s): Open plan schools--Florida
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