International Journal of Educational Management: Volume 34 Issue 5

Factors to improve job performance and school effectiveness

Manuel Soto-Pérez, Jacqueline Y. Sánchez-García, Juan E. Núñez-Ríos

Identify some of the most relevant factors that trigger a private school's workforce to foster a sustainable competitive advantage by reinforcing the intrinsic job satisfaction…

Developing inclusive and quality learning environments in HEIs

Seerat Gill, Gurparkash Singh

The purpose of this paper is to redefine quality in the context of “access” providing higher education institutions (HEIs), through a theoretical lens, in order to find solutions…

School governing body for parents' productive involvement in South Africa

Kofi Poku Quan-Baffour

The democratic constitution that came into effect in 1994 and ushered in the new South Africa recognises parents' role in education hence the established of an innovative school…

Organizational learning in consciousness-based education schools: a multiple-case study

Yvonne Lagrosen, Stefan Lagrosen

An innovative technology called consciousness-based education (CBE) is being introduced in schools worldwide. The approach includes both an experiential and an intellectual…

Evaluation of an English language peer tutoring intervention

Lee Mackenzie

Desertion rates in Colombian universities remain unacceptably high. In the field of foreign languages, academic failure is particularly concerning since English language…

Exploring role of gratitude in developing teacher leadership in Indian universities

Naval Garg

The benefits of teacher leadership have attracted the attention of policymakers, practitioners and researchers. It is increasingly advocated as one of the most crucial and…

Does greater school resource allocation improve efficiency in education production? Performance assessment of Spanish public sector-funded schools

Manuel Salas-Velasco

The purpose of this paper is to measure the efficiency performance of public sector-funded schools in Spain.

A thematic analysis of the quality audit reports in developing a framework for assessing the achievement of the graduate attributes

Alrence Santiago Halibas, Shameena Mehtab, Alaa Al-Attili, Benjamin Alo, Ronald Cordova, Maria Elisa Linda Taeza Cruz

Graduates are expected to possess the knowledge and right skillset, commonly known as graduate attributes, which they need to become employable and work-ready. This study…

School principals' managerial behaviours and students' achievement: An empirical analysis of Italian middle schools

Tommaso Agasisti, Patrizia Falzetti, Mara Soncin

This research investigates the impact of managerial practices implemented by Italian school principals on students' outcomes, using micro-data provided by the National Evaluation…

Examining college student retention: a closer look at low self-control

Amber L. Stephenson, D. Alex Heckert, David B. Yerger

The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively explore the association between low self-control and college student retention.