Predictors of Principals’ Reliance on Formal and Informal Sources of Information

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Abstract
Secondary school principals in Ohio were surveyed regarding their reliance on formal and informal information for decision making and potential predictors of such reliance. The two types of reliance were treated as criterion variates in separate canonical analyses. In each case the predictor variate consisted of data from the following four variables: (a)perceptions of oneself as an instructional leader; (b) autonomy in decision making; (c) open-mindedness; and (d) prior research experience. Moderately high canonical correlations and a consistent pattern of predictor variate structure coefficients were observed in both analyses. The findings are important for understanding the use and non-use of evaluation results by principals.

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