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Functional Heterogeneity and Senior Management Team Effectiveness
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Benoliel, Pascale; Somech, Anit – Journal of Educational Administration, 2016
Purpose: There has been an increasing trend toward the creation of senior management teams (SMTs) which are characterized by a high degree of functional heterogeneity. Although such teams may create better linkages to information, along with the benefits of functional heterogeneity comes the potential for conflicts that stem from the value…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrator Effectiveness
Addressing the Achievement Gap: Exploring Principal Leadership and Teacher Professional Learning in Urban and Rural Primary Schools in Thailand
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Piyaman, Patnaree; Hallinger, Philip; Viseshsiri, Pongsin – Journal of Educational Administration, 2017
Purpose: Developing countries in many parts of the world have experienced a disturbing trend in the differential pace of economic development among urban and rural communities. These inequities have been observed in education systems in Asia, Africa, and Latin America where researchers have documented differences not only in resource allocation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Gap, Principals, Leadership Responsibility
Creating a School Context of Success: The Role of Enabling School Structure & Academic Optimism in an Urban Elementary & Middle School Setting
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Mitchell, Roxanne M.; Mendiola, Brenda J.; Schumacker, Randall; Lowery, Xaviera – Journal of Educational Administration, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to use SEM to explore the effects of enabling school structure (ESS) and academic optimism (AO) on school achievement (SA). Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 58 urban schools, including 42 elementary schools and 16 middle schools in a southeastern district in the USA were included in this study.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
Learning-Centered Leadership and Teacher Learning in China: Does Trust Matter?
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Liu, Shengnan; Hallinger, Philip; Feng, Daming – Journal of Educational Administration, 2016
Purpose: In this era of global education reform, teacher professional learning (TPL) has emerged as a key factor in efforts to create sustainable school improvement. The same holds in Mainland China where ambitious curriculum reforms have been undertaken since 2000. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of learning-centered leadership…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Teacher Education, Trust (Psychology), Foreign Countries