... are positively and significantly related to teacher performance; (2) recognition and rewards moderate the relationship between (a) empowerment and performance, (b) organizational communication and performance, (c) WLB and performance, (d) organizational culture and performance and (e) quality of work-life (QWL...

...Muhammad Azeem; Leonardo Mataruna Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate important determinants of the culture of collective leadership in academic organizations. The present school improvement framework of Dubai School Inspection Board (DSIB) does not include cultural factors...

... programme development processes in an increasingly competitive HE environment. Practical implications – The paper discussed some of the implications for the corporate governance structures of universities and also emphasized the need for cultural change. In this respect, one of the biggest challenges...

... expectations; and, showing uncommon commitment. Yet our principals showed post-heroic leadership such as involving others in decision making and recognising that school success depended on collective effort, and being sensitive to community needs through a deep respect for the local culture. Originality...

...Ann Mitsis; Patrick Foley Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether business students' gender, age and culturally‐anchored values affect their perceptions of their university course experience. Design/methodology/approach Culturally diverse business students (n=548...

... as the sample group. Cultural communication scale‐Turkish scale developed by Erdem was applied to measure communication tendencies of teachers. Findings At the end of the paper, during which high‐ and low‐context dimensions are treated separately, high‐context communication tendencies of teachers are found...

...Izhar Oplatka; Jane Hemsley‐Brown Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the major features of market orientation (MO) and its benefits for schools, suggests an inventory to measure the degree of MO in a school, and provides strategies to incorporate elements of MO into the school culture...

..., there can be potential cultural conflicts, ambiguities and paradoxes, as highlighted in the paper. The wider societal culture has a profound influence on how the structures, authority and relationship between subordinates and superiors in a school. Research limitations/implications Empirical data...

...Gabriele Lakomski Examines the claim that we need to change the organization’s culture if we want to bring about organizational change. Concerns itself with the mainstream conception of (organizational) culture, especially in relation to what is called “the paradox of culture”, its twin tendencies...

...Reynold Macpherson This paper reports the planning processes used in one of New Zealand’s premier schools of fine art. Elam has a culture of exuberant individualism, high productivity and disciplinary sectionalism. There is a belief that it is cantankerously and inevitably unbiddable, and yet...

... accepted current principles and practices are not new and they are still lacking in aspects of the scope and detail of the institution of education compared with the Vedic theory. The scope of the institution of education is determined by the aspirations and culture of the particular society in question...