Examining Variability in Superintendent Community Involvement

Author(s)

Theodore J. Kowalski, University of DaytonFollow
Ila Phillip Young, University of South Carolina - Columbia
George J. Petersen, California Lutheran University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 2013

Publication Source

AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice

Abstract

This study examined the extent to which four independent variables (age, gender, education level, and district type) accounted for variability in superintendent community involvement. Two covariates associated with levels of community involvement (disposition toward community involvement and district enrollment) were infused to assess the impact of the independent variables. Analysis revealed that the model accounted for 8% of the variance as indicated both by R2 and by adjusted R2. Given the number of respondents (1,867), this is considered a medium effect having practical implications in the applied setting. Among the four independent variables, only a single main effect (district type) was found.

Inclusive pages

3-16

ISBN/ISSN

1931-6569

Document Version

Published Version

Comments

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Permission documentation is on file.

Publisher

AASA: The School Superintendents Association

Volume

10

Issue

2

Peer Reviewed

yes

Keywords

community involvement, democratic localism, education leadership

eCommons Citation

Kowalski, Theodore J.; Young, Ila Phillip; and Petersen, George J., "Examining Variability in Superintendent Community Involvement" (2013). Educational Leadership Faculty Publications. 25.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eda_fac_pub/25