Sex Role and Professionalism: A Study of High-School Teachers

Exploring the effects of empowerment, innovation, professionalism, conflict, and participation on teacher organizational commitment

“…An early study by Colombotos (1963) tested five hypotheses concerning males and females and the connections to professionalism. The results found that female teachers scored higher on all aspects of professionalism than males in the study.…”

7: Models of Educational Organizations

“…The range of educational organizations that has been studied is comparably diverse. In addition to studies on public and private schools and colleges, for example, studies have been reported on accrediting agencies (Boland, 1971;Wiley & Zald, 1968), teacher organizations (Cole, 1968;Colombotos, 1962;Rosenthal, 1966), fraternities (Scott, 1965;Wallace, 1964), and educational research centers (Sieber & Lazarsfeld, 1966;Smith, 1966).…”

Status of Teachers

“…Starting from organizational theory concerned with professionalism and bureaucracy, both Colombotos (1962) and Corwin (1963Corwin ( , 1965Corwin ( , 1966 Additionally, Corwin (1963) pointed out that the drive for professionalism among teachers today can easily be seen as a drive for higher social rank, the meaning of status as used earlier in this review. These investigators turned their attention to the organizational conditions favoring increased professionalization, the socialization factors leading to professionalism in the individual, and the organizational consequences of a high degree of professional ideology and behavior among teachers.…”

“…A sociological approach to professionalism was also used by Colombotos (1962) in his correlational study of potential pre-job and on-the-job socialization factors associated with a high degree of professionalism. His definition of professionalism included the ideas of exclusive technical competence requiring specialized training, freedom from outside control, and a service ideal item.…”