International Journal of Educational Management: Volume 34 Issue 4

Neoliberal challenges in context: a case of Hong Kong

Trevor Tsz-lok Lee, Paula Kwan, Benjamin Yuet Man Li

The purpose of this paper is to systematically analyze the neoliberal challenges and problems facing public schools in the particular Hong Kong context.

Re-examining the philosopher’s stone of leadership

Fenwick W. English, Lisa Catherine Ehrich

The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the phenomenon of leadership at the intersection of aesthetics, identity and self within a dynamic, fluid and interactive compositional…

The role of administration and faculty in developing character education within public and private universities in Kuwait

Meznah Saad Alazmi, Ayeshah Ahmed Alazmi

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of administration and faculty members in developing character education within public and private universities in Kuwait. It…

Critical success factors for application of social robots in special developmental schools: Development, adoption and implementation

Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Khaksar, Bret Slade, Jennifer Wallace, Kaur Gurinder

The purpose of this paper is to address the role of social robots in the education industry, specifically within special developmental schools, as a part of an innovation…

School technology leadership vision and challenges: Perspectives from American school administrators

Miguel M. Gonzales

The purpose of this paper is to examine the significant challenges school administrators encountered leading a one-to-one laptop school and what vision school administrators have…

Examining the impact of perceived source credibility on attitudes and intentions towards taking advice from others on university choice

Phoebe Wong, Peggy M.L. Ng, Daisy Lee, Regan Lam

Understanding the influences in the decision-making process of prospective students when choosing a university is crucial in student recruitment. The purpose of this paper is to…

Teachers’ job satisfaction at well-performing, historically disadvantaged schools: A quantitative research in the Gauteng Province, South Africa

Shabe Jonas Matla, Mgadla Ike Xaba

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the levels of the job satisfaction of teachers at historically disadvantaged secondary schools and to determine the correlation effects…

A model for promoting student participation in school governance

Eric C.K. Cheng, Yan Wing Leung, Wai Wa Yuen, Hei Hang Hayes Tang

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the urgent need for a genuinely effective and attainable citizenship education model in Hong Kong’s schools, which focusses on promoting…

The creation and the dynamics of informal groups: The case of the teacher association in a secondary vocational school

Vasiliki Brinia, Georgia Papadopoulou, Paraskevi Psoni

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the way informal groups rise and operate in the Teacher Association in a Secondary Vocational School Unit in Greece. More specifically…

Student personality and academic achievement: mediating role of psychological capital (PsyCap)

Ranjeet Nambudiri, Rihana Shaik, Swati Ghulyani

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of a second-order state-like construct “psychological capital” (or PsyCap) as an underlying mechanism explaining the…

Managing organizational change to meet the research–teaching nexus standard: The case of an HEI in the Sultanate of Oman

Rene Paquibut, Ahmed Al Naamany

Higher education institutions (HEIs) worldwide are required to acquire accreditation for the sake of their academic reputation at the institutional as well as programs levels…

Measuring the efficiency of the Colombian higher education system: a two-stage approach

Jorge Moreno-Gómez, Jonathan Calleja-Blanco, Gloria Moreno-Gómez

The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficiency of the Colombian higher education system, differentiating between public and private universities.