title: Gender differences in reasons for entering and leaving education administration: discriminant function analyses.
abstract: Using discriminant function analyses on survey data collected from 457 students in 29 education administration programs across the United States, the authors inquired into whether men and women decide to enter and possibly leave education administration for different reasons. There were statistically significant functions separating men and women in their reasons for entering and leaving education administration. Implications of the findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership, College of Education, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo 49008-5193, USA.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Ruhl-Smith
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Cooley
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000193:education*; D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004500:Education, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012574:Schools; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce