Mexican American public school administrators : perceptions on factors affecting career mobility /
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between personal, professional and situational factors and the career mobility of Mexican American upper-level public school administrators in Texas. The population and sample for this study was all Mexican American superintendents, deputy, associate, area and assistant superintendents in Texas (N=118). The population for the study was developed using the 1993-1994 Texas School Directory, published annually by the Texas Education Agency. The major survey was conducted with a conceptual framework model on career mobility (the Model) primarily based on Ortizs (1982) study on the career patterns of ethnic/racial minorities in public education and on Esquibel's (1992) and Ledesma-Rivera's (1987) studies on the career mobility of upper-level Mexican American administrators in higher education. The data collected from a self-administered questionnaire was analyzed using descriptive statistics, factor analysis, ANOVA, multivariate ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis procedures found in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The Conceptual Model for Career Mobility (the Model) significantly explained more than 26% in the variation of rate of career mobility of upper-level Mexican American public school administrators in Texas. Regarding the effect of each of the factors in the Model, only "personality" and "gender" were found to be individually significant. Thus, the results of the study did not provide a clear indication into what impacts rate of mobility, but suggests that the aggregate of all variables proposed by the Model and examined in the study may have some influential effect. In conclusion, the study found that the underrepresentation of upper-level Texas continues to be a reality. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Educational Administration". |
| Physical Description: | xi, 154 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilms Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |