International Journal of Educational Management: Volume 32 Issue 1

Funding education: developing a method of allocation for improvement

Iris BenDavid-Hadar

Resource allocation is a key policy instrument that affects the educational achievement distribution (EAD). The literature on methods of allocation is focused mainly on equity…

Exploring the effects of authentic leadership on academic optimism and teacher engagement in Thailand

Dhirapat Kulophas, Philip Hallinger, Auyporn Ruengtrakul, Suwimon Wongwanich

In the context of Thailand’s progress towards education reform, scholars have identified a lack of effective school-level leadership as an impeding factor. The purpose of this…

National strategy for promotion of Russian universities in the world market of education services

Natalia Mushketova, Elizaveta Bydanova, Gilles Rouet

The export of Russian educational services worldwide was not considered by the Russian Government as a full-fledged economic sector until recently. However, the situation has…

Transcollegial leadership: a new paradigm for leadership

David J. Burns, Debra Mooney

The increasing complexity of higher education has led to the need for a different type of leader that transcends traditional boundaries and individual self-interest. The purpose…

Primary education in Vietnam and pupil online engagement

Quynh Thi Nguyen, Raouf N.G. Naguib, Ashish K. Das, Michail Papathomas, Edgar A. Vallar, Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Gil Nonato Santos, Maria Cecilia Galvez, Viet Anh Nguyen

The purpose of this paper is to explore the disparities in social awareness and use of the internet between urban and rural school children in the North of Vietnam.

Efficacy of MBA: on the role of network effects in influencing the selection of elective courses

Vivek Roy, Chandan Parsad

The purpose of this paper is to outline the importance of social network effects in influencing the elective (courses) selection among masters of business administration (MBA…

Management style and school violence: South African perspectives

Tshilidzi Netshitangani

The purpose of this paper is to examine the reduction of school violence from the management point of view. It reflects on the utterances by teachers, principals, learners and…

Autonomy, workload, work-life balance and job performance among teachers

Johanim Johari, Fee Yean Tan, Zati Iwani Tjik Zulkarnain

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of autonomy, workload, and work-life balance on job performance among teachers. A survey was carried out among teachers in…

Intellectual and physical shared workspace: Professional learning communities and the collaborative culture

Daniel Carpenter

The purpose of this paper is to explore shared workspace and professional learning community (PLC) interactions in schools. The collaborative culture and PLCs were parts of the…

Improving school feeding through participation: should the teacher be actively involved?

Issah Iddrisu

Maintaining the success of educational institutions largely depends on the teacher. It is the teacher whose main efforts and contribution help in achieving the goals in education…

Teacher perceptions of empowerment and promotion during reforms

Orit Avidov-Ungar, Rinat Arviv-Elyashiv

The purpose of this paper is to describe the relationship between teachers’ professional role, their sense of empowerment, and their attitudes toward managerial promotion (career…

Developing internationalisation strategies, University of Winchester, UK

Richard Hugh Neale, Alasdair Spark, Joy Carter

Internationalisation has been a theme in UK higher education for a decade or more. The review of this paper, a practice-based case study, is to find how Winchester formulated two…

Competitiveness vis-à-vis motivation and personality as drivers of academic performance: Introducing the MCP model

Chris Baumann, Marina Harvey

The purpose of this paper is to build on the foundational theories of personality and motivation to explore the role of competitiveness and of ethnicity in relation to student…