10.2190/R6G3-8LJ3-XMEN-5ANW R6G38LJ3XMEN5ANW 0 THE EFFECT OF PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS ON TEACHER ASSOCIATION LEADERS' STATED INTENTION TO SUPPORT THE CONVERSION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=R6G38LJ3XMEN5ANW 4 YALE S. WISHNICK AND T. KATHLEEN WISHNICK 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.