Blazing New Trails - Connexions

Superintendent Decision-making and Problem-solving: Living on the Horns of Dilemmas 103
Table 5. ANOVA Results for School District Setting, Student Population, Number of
Administrators in District and Number of Schools in District.
Dilemmas
Centralized vs.
Decentralized
Personal Life vs.
Professional Life
Truth vs.
Varnished Truth
Creativity vs.
Discipline of
Thought
Trust vs. Change
Leadership vs.
Management
Long-term goals
vs. Short-term
results
Motivation vs.
Manipulation
Independence vs.
Dependence
Conflict vs.
Consensus
Commitment vs.
Compliance
Problems vs.
Predicaments
School District
Setting
School District
Student
Population
Number of
Administrators in
District
Number of
Schools in
District
F p F p F p F p
n.s 2.445 .035 n.s n.s
n.s n.s n.s 2.364 .031
n.s 2.446 .035 2.499 .043 n.s
n.s n.s 2.441 .047 n.s
n.s 3.736 .003 n.s n.s
3.498 .032 n.s n.s 3.634 .007
n.s n.s n.s n.s
5.363 .005 n.s 2.499 .043 n.s
n.s n.s n.s n.s
n.s n.s n.s n.s
3.441 .034 n.s n.s n.s
n.s n.s n.s n.s