nvolvement. Three decisions, one for each level of participation, were selected for analysis for each school.
Questionnaires were then mailed to a random sample of 50 percent of the staff, including the principal and Phase II facilitator, at each of the four schools. Responses were received from 57 percent of the participants (N=104).
Analyses of data indicated that decision quality increased as the level of participation in decision making increased. No significant differences were found for decision types at any of the levels of participation.
It was also observed that principals perceive a greater degree of participation on the part of subordinate personnel than do the other role groups. Thus, McMurray (1993) concluded that where shared decision making is effectively implemented, positive results in relation to decision quality are evident for both decisions of regulation and decisions of modification.
It should be noted here that effective implementation of S
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