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LEADERSHIP IN A DUAL CULTURAL SETTING: A SOCIOMETRIC STUDY OF CLEAVAGE BETWEEN ENGLISH AND AFRIKAANS‐SPEAKING SCHOOL CHILDREN AND THE ROLE OF THE LEADERS IN BRIDGING IT
Author(s) -
MUIR R. K.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1963.tb00588.x
Subject(s) - friendship , psychology , sociometry , sociometric status , social psychology , cleavage (geology) , developmental psychology , pedagogy , geotechnical engineering , fracture (geology) , engineering
S ummary . Moreno's sociometric test technique was used to measure cleavage in the school‐leaving classes of four parallel‐medium high schools. On the basis of an analysis using sociograms and statistical tests, the two culture groups in the schools were found to co‐operate in the environmental organisation of the schools, although many friendships between the groups were not made. The leaders were found to initiate contact in the environmental organisation of the schools and it is suggested that this contact leads to friendship ties.