Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Foreword
Preface: What's in a Song?
Lyrics to Green Door
Introduction: The New Principal Encounters a Locked Door: Through a Smoky Cloud
Outside Looking In
Overview of the Book
A Glimmer of Networks: Saw an Eyeball Peepin'
Business Research
Predominance of Networks
Impact on Schools
Misreading Clues
The Context of Leadership
Managing Networks
Finding Direction
Network Basics: Green Door, What's That Secret You're Keepin'
Nuts and Bolts
Network Players
Whole Networks
The Key to the Green Door
Limitations of Task Networks: Door Slammed, Hospitality's Thin There
Searching for the Boss
Turned Down by the Boss
No Access
Finding Access
Awareness
Resources
Stephanie Relaxes the Rule Book
Friendship Networks: The Happy Crowd
Finding Friends
Someone Who Understands Me
Someone Convenient
The Impact of Comfortable Connections
Emotional Contagion
Informal Induction
Jasmine's Cost-Benefit Decision
Friendship and Productivity
Antipathy and Its Problems
The Blessings and Curses of Friendship Networks
Power Networks: Wish They'd Let Me In
Politics as Usual
Power Stars
Power as Perception
Power Players
Baskets and Eggs
Working the Power Networks
Principals as Politicians
Culture Networks: They Laugh a Lot Behind the Green Door
Stories and Traditions
Ties That Bind
The Way Things Are Done Around Here
Tribal Leaders, Mavericks, Mavens, Gossips, and Spies
The Door Ajar
Cultural Players
Trust Thy Neighbor
The Spirit Moves Her: A Principal Assumes the Dais
The Ghost of Garvey
A Bonding Moment
Reflecting on Garvey's Green Door
Scoping and Working the Networks: Midnight, One More Night Without Sleepin'
Promises and Caveats of Network Study
Beyond Individual Players
Learning Communities, Culture, and Communication
Making Sense of School Networks
Opening a Can of Worms: Big Brother or the Future of Leadership
Inside the Green Door
Appendix: Research on Networks in Sociology, Business, and Education
Network Literature
Network and Related Literature in Education
Our Endeavors in Social Network Analysis
References
Index
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