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Da'as, Rima'a; Qadach, Mowafaq – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2020
The purpose of this study was to develop a new measure for the absorptive capacity (ACAP) construct, specifically in the educational system. Exploration of this construct involved developing, field testing, and validating an ACAP-measuring instrument, followed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the items to examine factorial…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Construct Validity, Organizational Learning, Foreign Countries
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Nadav, Nechama; Benoliel, Pascale; Shaked, Haim; Schechter, Chen – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2021
This study aims to explore the frequency and extent of principals' use of systems thinking activities in Israel; to examine whether principals' gender and seniority predict their systems thinking activities; and to determine how systems thinking activities are related to school outcomes. Results indicated that principals' seniority predicted their…
Descriptors: Principals, Job Satisfaction, Gender Differences, Prediction
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Schechter, Chen; Qadach, Mowafaq – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2016
This exploration of principal learning mechanisms (PLM) to support a learning-centered school aimed to develop, field-test, and validate a PLM-measuring instrument. Following exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of items to examine factorial validity, the developed scale was correlated with other work-related established constructs (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Principals, Elementary Education, Organizational Development, Factor Analysis
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Fisher, Yael; Kostelitz, Yifat – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2015
This research examines the influence of teachers' views regarding parental involvement on their perception of self-efficacy. Data were collected from a sample of 319 Israeli elementary schools teachers. A path analysis procedure was employed to test the mediating effect of personal background and organizational variables and perceived parental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Parent Participation