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Adaptation of the Organizational Learning Culture (OLC) Dimension Methodology in the Israeli Local Authorities Context
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Eisenberg, Alona; Ignatjeva, Svetlana; Ilisko, Dzintra; Rauckiene-Michaelsson, Alona – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2018
Survival of organizations nowadays depends on their ability to learn properly and quickly increase their efficiency and their performance and to adapt to the changing environment. Creating an organizational learning culture (OLC) could achieve an increase in the survivability of organizations. This paper examines the OLC questionnaire, the…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Questionnaires, Employee Attitudes, Efficiency
Cross-Cultural Differences in Parental Beliefs about Infant Motor Development: A Quantitative and Qualitative Report of Middle-Class Israeli and Dutch Parents
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van Schaik, Saskia D. M.; Oudgenoeg-Paz, Ora; Atun-Einy, Osnat – Developmental Psychology, 2018
The present study explored cultural differences in parental beliefs about motor development across 2 Western cultures: Israel and the Netherlands. Can 2 cultural models be distinguished regarding infant motor development in Israel and the Netherlands or are parental beliefs about motor development similar across these cultures? Using a…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Infants, Child Development
The Meaning and Measure of Organizational Learning Mechanisms in Secondary Schools
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Schechter, Chen; Atarchi, Lilach – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2014
Purpose: Organizational learning has been conceptualized as a critical component for school effectiveness. This study explored organizational learning in schools through the conceptual framework of "organizational learning mechanisms" (OLMs) and developed a measure of OLMs at the secondary school level. Research Design: Exploratory and…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Organizational Development, Learning, Learning Processes
Perceived Uncertainty and Organizational Health in Public Schools: The Mediating Effect of School Principals' Transformational Leadership Style
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Hameiri, Lior; Nir, Adam – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: Public schools operate in a changing and dynamic environment evident in technological innovations, increased social heterogeneity and competition, all contributing to school leaders' uncertainty. Such changes inevitably influence schools' inner dynamic and may therefore undermine schools' organizational health. School leaders have a…
Descriptors: Principals, Transformational Leadership, Leadership Styles, Public Schools
The Hierarchical Factor Model of ADHD: Invariant across Age and National Groupings?
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Toplak, Maggie E.; Sorge, Geoff B.; Flora, David B.; Chen, Wai; Banaschewski, Tobias; Buitelaar, Jan; Ebstein, Richard; Eisenberg, Jacques; Franke, Barbara; Gill, Michael; Miranda, Ana; Oades, Robert D.; Roeyers, Herbert; Rothenberger, Aribert; Sergeant, Joseph; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund; Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph; Thompson, Margaret; Tannock, Rosemary; Asherson, Philip; Faraone, Stephen V. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: To examine the factor structure of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a clinical sample of 1,373 children and adolescents with ADHD and their 1,772 unselected siblings recruited from different countries across a large age range. Hierarchical and correlated factor analytic models were compared separately in the ADHD and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Siblings, Factor Structure, Adolescents
The Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ): Examination in Nonclinical Samples and Development of a Short Version
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Moulding, Richard; Anglim, Jeromy; Nedeljkovic, Maja; Doron, Guy; Kyrios, Michael; Ayalon, Ariel – Assessment, 2011
The study aimed to examine the factor structure of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (OBQ), the most widely used measure of dysfunctional beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Multiple exploratory methods (exploratory factor analysis, cluster analysis by variable, multidimensional scaling) were used to examine the questionnaire.…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Beliefs, Anxiety Disorders, Factor Structure
Psychometric Evaluation of the Hebrew Language Version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale
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Anaby, Dana; Jarus, Tal; Zumbo, Bruno D. – Social Indicators Research, 2010
The satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) is a widely accepted and widely used tool for measuring well-being. Although its potential as a cross-cultural index is recognized, an introduction and systematic validation of the Hebrew version is needed. Thus, the purpose of this study is: (1) to describe the process of developing the Hebrew version of…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Life Satisfaction, Construct Validity, Factor Structure
Organizational Learning Mechanisms: The Meaning, Measure, and Implications for School Improvement
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Schechter, Chen – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2008
Purpose: In light of the excessively broad conceptions and nonobservable terms generally characterizing discussions of organizational learning, this study explores the notion of organizational learning in schools through the conceptual framework of organizational learning mechanisms (OLM) and develops a measure of OLM at the elementary school…
Descriptors: Validity, Learning Processes, Organizational Development, Information Processing
The Evaluation of Instruction at the Israel Institute of Technology
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Moore, Michael – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
The validity of a Hebrew version of the Illinois Course Evaluation Questionnaire was investigated in eighty courses in science and engineering at the Israel Institute of Technology. Factor analysis revealed a reasonable correspondence between empirical structure and that afforded by logic and intuition. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Course Evaluation, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure