Author : Kristina Ann Alexander
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (524 download)
Book Synopsis Gender Employment Equity Power Status Among Missouri Superintendents of Public Schools by : Kristina Ann Alexander
Download or read book Gender Employment Equity Power Status Among Missouri Superintendents of Public Schools written by Kristina Ann Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose of the study . The purpose of this quantitative research study was to determine if a dominator culture existed and affected negotiation and access power gender inequities between male and female superintendents in the public school system in the state of Missouri. In addition, this study investigated 435 public school districts and their distinctive characteristics when compared by superintendents' gender. The characteristics studied were: equity among men's and women's salaries and mileage reimbursement (negotiation power); number of sick, personal, and vacation days given (negotiation power); monetary allowance, health, life, and dental insurance, car usage, and professional dues compensation (negotiation power); district assessed valuation among men and women superintendents (access power); school enrollment (access power); and school accreditation (access power); and which negotiation and access power variables best discriminated between male and female superintendents. This information should contribute to the knowledge of what women superintendents must face and overcome in a male dominated profession. Conclusions . After inspection and reflection of the findings documented in this study, several conclusions were warranted. Male "insider" domination of the superintendency remains strong in public schools in the state of Missouri. Women have low negotiation power compared to men as demonstrated by significantly lower salaries. Access power for women when compared to men shows large differences in accessibility to larger, wealthier school districts. Male domination has been perpetuated because of men's past access to the superintendency positional power. For this male domination to be broken, female superintendents must gain access to larger, wealthier districts and increase the number of women employed in the superintendency. Recommendations . Future investigation could reveal why negotiation and access power variables are so significantly different between men and women superintendents. Future studies could be conducted to investigate if the variables differ because of gender discrimination, lack of women in the superintendency, due to the difficulty of being hired in districts as a female, lack of women in the superintendency due to other reasons unknown, or other factors that create this discrimination. Finally, a comparison of variables in five to ten years would assist in analyzing the lack of women superintendents as compared to men to reveal if the discrimination has subsided or is still prevalent.