... instructional continuity through flexible pedagogy and digital communication and (4) focusing on collaboration and community building with all stakeholders. Practical implications The findings underscore the need for leadership training programs that provide principals with practical tools and autonomy...

... of school provision aimed at equitable excellence. Findings Equitable excellence in school provision is possible if choice is available across geolocation and socio-educational (dis)advantage, schools have autonomy over fiscal, personnel and curricular matters, public accountability is linked...

...). In the research that investigates the role of workplace conditions on retention, the most consistently documented, strongest predictors of retention with US data are teacher participation in school decision making, autonomy, an environment supportive of teacher collaboration, and leadership quality (Borman...

...Esther Dominique Klein Purpose Increased school autonomy and accountability have been a common denominator of national reforms in otherwise heterogeneous governance systems in Europe and the USA. The paper argues that because schools serving disadvantaged communities (SSDCs) often have lower...

...Jennie M. Weiner; Sarah L. Woulfin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain insights into how a group of novice principals, all in schools that deployed principles of autonomy as mechanisms for improvement, conceptualized what the authors label “controlled autonomy” – a condition in which...

... dimension of satisfaction was teachers’ participation in decision making. Originality/value – The paper is original in its context, uniqueness, social and practical contribution. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Change management Autonomy Decision making Administration...

...Caleb Prichard; Jana E. Moore Purpose – Schools often vary in how they balance teacher autonomy (TA) and administrative control, and research suggests that there may be several context-specific variables which may be influential. The purpose of this paper is to determine the influence of program...

... autonomy and flexibility have been initiated drawing on ideas from the new managerialism, new public management, and organization theory. This paper considers the reform efforts at one prominent German university, arguing that significant increases in competitiveness and self‐management can be made even...

.... It is therefore argued that much depends on the degree of autonomy and flexibility that administrators have and that introducing competition to schools has to be synchronized with the autonomy and freedom of action delegated to school administrators. This scale refers to the feeling of being bothered...

... Limited 1995 Autonomy Creativity Schools Lipsky[ 1 ] suggests that most citizens encounter the implementation of public policy not by attending board meetings but through their interaction with public service workers. Principals and teachers are like other public service workers (e.g...