Date of Award
2017
Document Type
Open Access Dissertation
Department
Educational Leadership and Policies
Sub-Department
College of Education
First Advisor
Henry Tran
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to examine the effects that a superintendent candidate’s sex and professional background and school board chairpersons’ sex have on resume screening decisions. School board chairpersons were selected randomly from across the United States to receive one of six types of hypothetical superintendent candidates’ resumes and respond to a survey which requires subjects to rate the likelihood they would recommend the candidate depicted in the resume for an interview. Variables examined were candidates’ sex (male vs. female), professional experience (business vs. education vs. military) and sex-similarity with school board chairperson. An ordinal regression was used to identify differences in interview recommendations between groups.
Rights
© 2017, Patrick Jarrett
Recommended Citation
Jarrett, P.(2017). The Effects of Sex and Professional Experience on Superintendent Selection Decisions by School Board Chairpersons. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/4155