International Journal of Educational Management: Volume 25 Issue 7

Managing teacher balkanization in times of implementing change

Shun‐wing Ng

The purpose of this article is to report an exploratory study which was designed to illuminate how school cultures and teachers' value orientations are affected by the educational…

School reputation and its relation to parents' satisfaction and loyalty

Kåre Skallerud

This study aims to investigate the direction and strength of the relationships between school reputation, parent satisfaction and parent loyalty.

Cutting‐edge panacea of the twenty‐first century: Workplace spirituality for higher education human resources

Samer Khasawneh

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the level of spirituality in the workplace for faculty members at public universities in Jordan.

School board member professional development and effects on student achievement

Kerry L. Roberts, Pauline M. Sampson

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the issue of professional development education for school board members. The research question that guides this mixed study is: does…

Analysis on inter‐provincial disparities of China's rural education and convergence rate: Empirical analysis on 31 provinces' (municipalities') panel data from 2001 to 2008

Tongwei Xie

This article aims to analyze inter‐provincial disparities of rural education and the convergence rate, and to discuss the effects of compulsory education reform after 2001.

Utilizing the brand ecosystem framework in designing branding strategies for higher education

Musa Pinar, Paul Trapp, Tulay Girard, Thomas E. Boyt

In today's complex and highly competitive marketplace, universities and colleges, realizing a need to develop sustainable strategies, have turned to branding as a solution…

Editorial

Brian Roberts