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Table 1. The Impact of Network Interaction and Principal-Agent Relationships
on Organizational Performance
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Dependent Variable = Student Exam Pass Rates
Independent Variables Slope t Slope t
Managerial Networking 1.3243 8.11* .3497 3.12*
Principal-Agent Relationships
School Boards
-.9290 5.12* -.2263 1.83#
School Principals -.1881 0.72 -.0225 .13
Other Management Variables
Quality .8028 4.90* .1464 1.31
Stability .0740 4.56* .0253 2.29*
Employee Stability .1377 5.59* .0527 3.14*
Control Variables
Teacher’s Salaries (000s) .2574 2.32* .1761 2.34*
Class Size -.3892 5.72* -.0798 1.72#
Teacher Experience .1492 1.49 -.1050 1.54
Non Certified Teachers -.1551 4.44* -.0856 3.61*
Percent State Aid -.0219 2.67* -.0033 .60
Percent Black Students -.2121 13.12* -.0566 4.99*
Percent Latino Students -.0892 8.39* -.0328 4.50*
Low Income Students -.1909 12.50* -.0267 2.48*
Lagged Dependent Variable —
— .7031 54.05*
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R-squared .62 .82
Standard Error 7.36 4.99
F 220.48 608.20
N of Cases 2503 2503
Dummy variables for individual years not reported
* p < .05 two tailed test # p < .10 two tailed test