...Sølvi Mausethagen; Sigrunn Tvedten Purpose The aim of this article is to contribute empirically and conceptually to the literature on educational leaders’ autonomy by directing attention to the role of research. This topic has not been sufficiently explored in previous research despite its growing...

... suggest a need for investigating the role of middle leaders from a perspective of both school autonomy and leadership autonomy. In Norway, schools are managed by local authorities, who have the role of school owners and are responsible for the provision of educational services according to national...

... and, if so, how it facilitates this process. It examines decision-making processes within a Swedish RPP focused on preschool improvement, with a particular emphasis on the negotiation between autonomy, control, and collaboration. Design/methodology/approach This study is a qualitative case study, drawing...

...Munirah Alajmi Purpose This study aimed to explore Kuwaiti public school principals' experiences in relation to autonomy and accountability after the implementation of the School Education Quality Improvement Project, which aimed to increase the autonomy and accountability of Kuwaiti public...

...Johanim Johari; Fee Yean Tan; Zati Iwani Tjik Zulkarnain Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of autonomy, workload, and work-life balance on job performance among teachers. A survey was carried out among teachers in public schools in the Northern Region of Peninsular...

...Brian John Caldwell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report four case studies in Australia that respond to the question: “How have schools with a relatively high degree of autonomy used their increased authority and responsibility to make decisions that have led in explicit cause-and-effect...

... of accountability measures, decentralization and a growth of autonomy and competition. With the adjustment of policies, rights and duties of school leaders have changed considerably. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to leadership research by providing descriptive evidence on the relevance of specific...

... individual members to be responsive to external challenges and become continuously self‐learning. According to Cheung and Cheng (1996a, b), the above self‐management process at the group and school levels with appropriate modifications may serve this purpose. Within the available autonomy and boundary...

... and make friends; maintain standards of final marks (i.e. assignments and exam); increase student autonomy over the learning process so that they would realise that they could learn from each other without the presence of the lecturer; increase the range of skills students can use in group...

...David M. Brock The aim of this project was to investigate whether combinations of strategies, planning modes and levels of autonomy are associated with superior college effectiveness relative to other combinations of these variables. It was hypothesized that a college pursuing a prospector strategy...

...Grace Marie Dondero Shows how educational reform has been a persistent concern in the USA for decades. Recent reform initiatives have focused on teacher autonomy and teacher participation in school‐based decision making. Private sector and school research identify the importance of worker/teacher...

... decision making) refers to a school programme designed to improve education by increasing the autonomy of the school staff and parents to make decisions that have a direct impact on the individual school[ 22 ]. The goal of school‐based management is to empower school staff and parents by providing...