SOCIAL CONTROL IN SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS - AN ELABORATION OF COMPLIANCE THEORY

• NCJ Number: 27287
• Author(s): G A Greps; C W Thomas
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 32 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-NI-99-0031
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Publishers' Development Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A COMPLIANCE THEORY MODEL IS EMPLOYED TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS IN SHAPING THE ATTITUDES, VALUES, AND BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS - AS WELL AS THE USEFULNESS OF THE MODEL AS AN EVALUATIVE TOOL.

Abstract

THE STUDY, BASED ON QUESTIONNAIRE DATA OBTAINED FROM A SAMPLE OF 923 HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES WHO WERE ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1974, EVALUATES AN ELABORATION OF COMPLIANCE THEORY PROPOSITIONS. THE FINDINGS SHOW THAT STRUCTURALLY-GENERATED POWERLESSNESS, THE STUDY'S MEASURE OF AN IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCE OF THE ADOPTION OF A RELATIVELY COERCIVE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, STIMULATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD SCHOOL PERSONNEL, ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS, AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE SCHOOL ORGANIZATION, EACH OF WHICH IS VIEWED AS AN INDICANT OF STUDENT COMMITMENT TO THE ORGANIZATION OF WHICH THEY ARE A PART. THESE FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT COMPLIANCE THEORY CAN USEFULLY BE APPLIED TO THAT ASPECT OF DELINQUENCY WHICH IS RELATED TO THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)