International Journal of Educational Management: Volume 34 Issue 8

The student as customer and quality in higher education

Angelito Calma, Camille Dickson-Deane

This paper explores some management concepts and how applying these concepts from business to higher education can be problematic, let alone incompatible, particularly in relation…

Exploring the relationship between school leadership and teacher professional learning through structural equation modeling

Jarrent Tayag, Nunilon Ayuyao

This study aims to investigate the relationship between leadership and teacher professional learning considering two mediating variables – teacher trust and teacher agency.

Secondary school structure, organisational learning capacity and learning organisations: a systemic contribution

Peter A. Barnard

The purpose of this paper is to explain the influence of a school's operational structure on organisational learning capacity (OLC), and how this either supports or disables any…

Discomfort and organizational change as a part of becoming a world-class university

Fiona Niska Dinda Nadia, Badri Munir Sukoco, Ely Susanto, Ahmad Rizki Sridadi, Reza Ashari Nasution

This study examined organizational change in universities as it relates to discomfort among the organization's members.

Improving instructional competencies through individualized staff development and teacher collaboration in German schools

Anabel Bach, Anja Böhnke, Felicitas Thiel

School improvement and effectiveness depend substantially on teachers developing their professional competencies on an ongoing basis. Germany's new approach to school governance…

Merit selecting school leaders: Australian principals' perspectives

Kevin Steed, John De Nobile, Manjula Waniganayake

This research paper explores the perspectives of Australian school principals in the state of New South Wales (NSW) regarding what they believe constitutes “merit” when selecting…

‘Readiness to lead’: a tentative tool for analysis

Jenny Johnston, Bradley Shipway

This paper reports on research into Australian school principals' leadership. It explores an emerging construct – that of ‘readiness to lead’ – and showcases the development of a…

Teacher's withdrawal behavior: examining the impact of principals' innovative behavior and climate of organizational learning

Rima'a Da'as, Abeer Watted, Miri Barak

The study aims to test an innovative model that explores the direct and indirect relationships between principals' innovative behavior, climate of organizational learning and a…