Compliance and Exchange Models of Role Performance in Classroom Settings

Abstract

Models of classroom effectiveness based on the work of Amitai Etzioni with a general exchange perspective added were examined and contrasted utilizing a sample of university students during normal classroom evaluation processes. The view of Etzioni, that member socialization and communication tend to define orientations toward consensus (and in turn role performance) was tested. Using a path modeling procedure, the Etzioni model was moderately predictive of role performance in accounting for 38% of the variance, while addition of a cost-benefits factor boosted explained variation to 46%. The conclusion was that the variables used, which relate to interaction-based characteristics, may be very useful in predicting student role performance.