This chapter introduces the spiritual capital discourse and spiritual capital theory (SCT). By extending the leadership-spirituality intersect with the notion of "capital," it confirms the value proposition of spirituality for leadership development and extends the discourse to include "structure," an aspect with which…

A literature review indicated no studies on the constructs of school organizational climate, teacher demographics, and organizational citizenship behavior in St. Lucia. This study investigated the possible nature of school organizational climate dimensions and demographics on teachers' organizational citizenship behavior in St. Lucia. To achieve…

The study aims to examine the mediatory role of leader-member exchange in the relationship between organizational commitment and Organizational cynicism among school counselors. The research group consists of 171 school counselors (109 females and 62 males). The scales used are organizational commitment scale, organizational cynicism scale,…

The research determined the effect of teachers' organizational justice perceptions on organizational learning mechanisms, organizational cynicism, and deviant workplace behaviors. Linear regression analysis was performed to determine the effect of organizational justice perception on other variables and the Sobel test was used to test the…

This mixed methods study analyzed the effect organizational health has on high school assistant principal burnout. The Organizational Health framework for secondary schools consists of seven dimensions: Institutional Integrity, Initiating Structure, Consideration, Principal Influence, Resource Support, Morale, and Academic Emphasis (Hoy &…

Developmental academic advisors' perceptions of their effectiveness in student retention are based on experiences with students. The problem addressed in this study was advisors' outcomes are not matching the expectations of administratively targeted retention initiatives mandated outside of their day-to-day practice. The purpose of this…

Given the influential role of organizational context for creativity, this study examines the cross-level effects of 2 prevalent contextual elements -- HR systems and relational climates -- on individual and team creativity. We have conducted a multilevel multi-source study through hierarchical linear modeling on a sample of 282 employees nested in…

Recent scholarship has highlighted the need to be attentive to the student experience of placement-based workintegrated learning and its possible impacts on the wellbeing of student participants. The experiences of staff involved in planning, delivering and supporting work-integrated learning programs and the impact on their wellbeing have…

Professional development providers often struggle with how some teachers take up and internalise new instructional practices while others have difficulty implementing new ideas and strategies. Teacher personal characteristics account for only part of this differentiation in learning, and there are unanswered questions regarding how organisational…

Academic staff members (academics) are central social agents in providing accessible higher education (AHE) to students with disabilities (SWD). The literature demonstrates gaps between academics' positive attitudes and self-efficacy to apply AHE. This study explores factors explaining their willingness and self-efficacy to provide AHE through the…

This article explores the motivations, and decision-making factors implored by twelve Multiracial women in various monoracial sororities at a predominately White institution and provides suggestions for practitioners.

This study investigated the impact of Big-Five personality traits and ethical climate on unethical behavior. We tested our model on a sample of 203 B-School students. The results show that agreeableness, conscientiousness, and ethical climate are negatively associated with unethical behavior. However, the present study does not provide empirical…

This research aimed to investigate the relationship between workplace spirituality and organizational hypocrisy from teachers' perspectives. The study employed a cross-sectional quantitative survey design. The data for the research was collected from 276 teachers working at lower secondary schools in Turkey. Stepwise multiple regression was…

The present study aimed to investigate the impact of organizational climate on organizational creativity based on the perceptions of teachers employed in secondary education institutions. The study sample included 275 teachers assigned with the cluster sampling method. The Organizational Creativity Scale and the School Climate Scale were employed…

In this research, the case study method was used to uncover the relationships and commonalities between polemics and cynicism in the context of educational organizations. The research study group consists of five teachers who were selected through criterion sampling. These teachers worked for public schools and they were experienced in various…