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De‐bureaucratising organisational culture at a public university: A mixed‐method study of the implementation of a liberal arts programme

2020

Artykuł przedstawia analizę procesu zaprojektowania i zaimplementowania nowego programu studiów Liberal Arts w polskiej uczelni publicznej. Studium implementacji tego in-nowacyjnego rozwiązania zostało oparte na różnych meto-dach badawczych, jak analiza sieci aktorów, analiza dyskursu i etnografia. W artykule zidentyfikowano aspekty kultury organizacyjnej uczelni publicznej ułatwiające wprow-adzenie nowego programu studiów. Analiza dotyczyła trzech płaszczyzn funkcjonowania uczelni jako organizacji „uczącej się”: (1) relacji władzy i odpowiedzialności (styl przywództwa) podczas kreowania innowacji instytucjon-alnej, (2) (nie)formalnych norm i praktyk komunikacyjnych zapewniających ewolucję …

School district administrators’ perspectives on the professional activities and influence of special educators in Norway and Sweden

2013

The purpose of this study is to investigate school district administrators’ perspectives concerning the professional activities and influence of special educators in Norway (n=266) and Sweden (n=29 ...

Latvia: School Principals and Leadership Research in Latvia

2016

This article is aimed at researchers in international education and leadership in education as well as others interested in comparative education policies and the situation in Latvia as a postcommunist country. The first years after gaining independence characterized by crucial changes in all spheres in education and life in general cannot boast with important research results as it was necessary to cope with the complexity of the situation and the endless challenges education was facing. First of all, it was necessary to evaluate experiences in the previous authoritarian education management. Secondly, rich expertise of democratic education in Western countries, including various forms of …

Controversias del liderazgo escolar en la implantación de materiales digitales

2019

. El presente texto parte de una investigación financiada por el programa estatal de I+D+i, y focaliza la atención sobre las controversias que suscita el ejercicio del liderazgo y de coordinación entre los distintos agentes escolares en siete centros de primaria, públicos y concertados, de tres comunidades autónomas. Todos ellos comparten la coyuntura de estar implementando las tecnologías digitales respecto a los materiales curriculares. La metodología ha sido principalmente de corte naturalista adoptando el modelo de estudio de casos múltiples. Entre los resultados, se destaca la existencia de roles y comisiones de coordinación diferentes en los distintos tipos de centros, disputa del lid…

Leadership ethical dimension: a requirement in TQM implementation

2002

Deals with theoretical arguments that justify why the leadership of managers and its ethical dimension is a powerful enabler for TQM efforts to sustain, together with a systematic management. Starts by setting out a multidimensional conception of leadership in which the ethical sphere is explicitly considered. The principles articulating TQM are then analysed, studying the role of leadership and its ethical dimension, in their implementation. Concludes with five propositions, stating that the explicit consideration of leadership’s ethical dimension is required in order to achieve a complete, deep and sustained deployment of TQM principles. Draws implications for managers and researchers.

Conventional and transactional authenticities in small-culture tourism

2016

Transformational leadership on the athletic field: An international review

2016

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the international literature that used the paradigm of transformational leadership in the context of physical activity (PA) and sport. A bibliometric and content of all international publications (N = 28) analysis is performed by classifying research based on various parameters such as the contexts (high performance sports, educational/recreational sports, varsity sports, school/within-class of physical education), role of the leader studied (coaches, teachers/instructors, peers, parents), population (adolescents and adults), and variables that have been associated with transformational leadership style. This study supported the interest and app…

Assessing teacher leadership in physical education: the Spanish version of the transformational teaching questionnaire

2018

<p>Drawing from the transformational leadership theory, this study aims to translate and analyse the psychometric properties of a Spanish version of the Transformational Teaching Questionnaire (TTQ).</p><p>A cohort sample of 2107 adolescents (997 males and 1110 females) from 82 secondary schools voluntarily participated in the research.</p><p>In Study 1 ((<em>n</em> = 1066), the exploratory factor analysis informed a one-factor solution. In Study 2  (<em>n</em> = 1041), the confirmatory factor analysis showed the single-factor and the four-factor models showed satisfactory and adequate goodness of fit indices, respectively. Confirmatory …

Live, Laugh and Love to Learn Turning Learning from Traditional to Transformational

2015

In recent years, educators and policy makers have been focusing on student achievement and well-being. After the great Pisa -success and glory, Finnish researchers have risen up discussion about future skills, school activity and motivation – fields where Finnish students haven’t indicated so well. Quickly changing 21st century challenges teachers to see life outside the school and recognize not only the core subjects but also the key skills needed outside there. When transferring from traditional to transformational education, one has to imagine new ways to think about teaching and learning. The research project, introduced in this article, focuses on transformational pedagogic and the que…

Liderazgo transformacional, capacidad de aprendizaje organizativo y felicidad en el trabajo

2013

En los últimos veinte años se ha producido un incremento de los artículos que buscan cómo mejorar el resultado económico en las empresas. No hay duda de la importancia que tiene esta variable como fin último de cualquier investigación, sin embargo, en este estudio queremos proponer una variable que consideramos de especial relevancia para la investigación en el área de organización de empresas como es la felicidad en el trabajo. La felicidad en general está directamente conectada con beneficios tan importantes como la salud física o mental, y las medidas que hasta ahora se han aproximado a la felicidad en el trabajo se han relacionado con variables tan importantes como la mejora de la motiv…