Date Approved
5-31-1999
Embargo Period
8-2-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in School Business Administration
Department
Educational Services and Leadership
College
College of Education
Advisor
Capasso, Ronald
Subject(s)
School business administrators
Disciplines
Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration
Abstract
This study compared the perceptions held by a school business administrator for his position with the perceptions of his principal role set.
Interviews were held with the school business administrator and 17 members of his role set to determine perceptions of the role expectations and actual role performance. For each question on the role set interview instrument, frequency distributions were constructed and then converted into relative frequency distributions expressed as percentages.
The interview data was used to compare role expectation and role performance as perceived by the role incumbent; to compare role expectations and role performance as perceived by the role partners; and to relate the two sets of perceptions on role expectation and role performance. Each of these examinations was designed to reveal any patterns in responses between the role expectations and actual role performance as perceived by the role incumbent and his role partners in an attempt to identify concurrences and conflicts in perceptions.
The findings indicated that the perceptions related to actual performance clearly illustrated the presence of role ambiguity.
Recommended Citation
Lynch, Stephen J., "The role of a school business administrator: perspectives of a role incumbent and his role set" (1999). Theses and Dissertations. 1843.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/1843
