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Journal
Journal of Collective Negotiations
ISSN
2167-7816 (print) 2167-7824 (electronic)
Volume
25
Issue
4
Date
12/1/1996

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Title
THE EFFECT OF PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS ON TEACHER ASSOCIATION LEADERS' STATED INTENTION TO SUPPORT THE CONVERSION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
DOI
10.2190/R6G3-8LJ3-XMEN-5ANW
Author
YALE S. WISHNICK AND T. KATHLEEN WISHNICK
Online Date
05/09/2002

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THE EFFECT OF PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS ON TEACHER ASSOCIATION LEADERS' STATED INTENTION TO SUPPORT THE CONVERSION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS

YALE S. WISHNICK AND T. KATHLEEN WISHNICK

DOI: 10.2190/R6G3-8LJ3-XMEN-5ANW

Abstract

Past efforts investigating teacher association attitudes toward charter schools have contributed little to explaining teacher association leaders' disposition to support or not support the charter school movement. By focusing directly on respondents' behavioral intention, the theory of reasoned action was used to investigate whether personal outcomes or social influencing factors had a greater influence on association teacher leaders' behavioral intention to support the conversion of public schools to public charter schools. While association leaders reported their decision to perform or not perform the criterion (behavioral intention) was based primarily on the evaluative component, findings showed that the respondents' attitude was poorly grounded in the seven personal belief statements presented in this study. One explanation why the belief statements were not salient for respondents may be due to a lack of information or exposure respondents may have had with charter schools.

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