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Publication date: 1 January 1988

LAURIE BRADY

This article surveys the four studies which examine principal behaviour as a factor of organizational climate in Australian primary schools, and which relates those factors to…

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This article surveys the four studies which examine principal behaviour as a factor of organizational climate in Australian primary schools, and which relates those factors to curriculum changes in the school. The survey reveals that while high principal supportiveness and low operations emphasis were related to innovativeness in general, and to specific examples of curriculum implementation, one study reports that high operations emphasis was related to a particular curriculum adoption. It is concluded that either one of the principal behaviours defined may be required depending upon the task to be accomplished in the school.

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Journal of Educational Administration, vol. 26 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0957-8234

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Publication date: 1 January 1984

LAURIE BRADY

This article reports a study on the relationship between organizational climate and one aspect of school based curriculum development, namely, who makes the curriculum decisions…

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This article reports a study on the relationship between organizational climate and one aspect of school based curriculum development, namely, who makes the curriculum decisions and how. In a systematically selected sample of 20 primary schools in N.S.W., two questionnaire were administered: the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ) to measure organizational climate, and the Curriculum Decision Making Questionnaire (CDMQ) to determine who makes the curriculum decisions and how. The results indicated a highly significant relationship between the organizational climate factor of principal supportiveness, and curriculum decision making by a group of staff, with group decision making more likely to occur when the principal was supportive. Conversely, there was less likelihood of curriculum decision making by the class teacher acting alone, when the principal was supportive.

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Journal of Educational Administration, vol. 22 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0957-8234

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Publication date: 1 January 1985

LAURIE BRADY

In an article titled “The O.C.D.Q.: A Four Factor Solution for Australian Schools?” in an earlier volume of this journal, Thomas and Slater reported a study conducted in 72…

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In an article titled “The O.C.D.Q.: A Four Factor Solution for Australian Schools?” in an earlier volume of this journal, Thomas and Slater reported a study conducted in 72 primary schools in South Australia in 1970. They identified four factors, rather than the eight identified by the American designers of this prolifically and internationally used test of school organizational climate. The current article reports on a similar study in N.S.W. primary schools over a decade later, and concludes that the “Australian” O.C.D.Q. is “holding” its four factor structure.

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Journal of Educational Administration, vol. 23 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0957-8234

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Publication date: 1 May 1996

Laurie Brady

Reports on a peer assistance programme for principals involving training, observation and feedback. The sample, from three administrative regions for schooling in NSW Australia…

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Reports on a peer assistance programme for principals involving training, observation and feedback. The sample, from three administrative regions for schooling in NSW Australia, involved nine pairs of principals, matched by age, experience as a principal and school size. The principals were trained in how and what to observe, and how to provide feedback. They then shadowed each other for two consecutive days prior to providing that feedback. Data were obtained from principal ratings and journals, researcher observation and interviews. Reports the findings in terms of an overall rating by principals, claimed benefits and limitations, the perceived value of training and the criteria for effective matching. Endorses the efficacy of peer assistance as a form of professional development.

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Journal of Educational Administration, vol. 34 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0957-8234

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Publication date: 1 February 1999

Laurie Brady

Statements of outcomes have recently become part of the educational agendas in many countries as a means of ensuring greater school accountability. This article accounts for the…

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Statements of outcomes have recently become part of the educational agendas in many countries as a means of ensuring greater school accountability. This article accounts for the emergence of outcomes as the predominant statements of educational intent in Australian schools, and synthesises the findings of two studies which investigated the extent to which teachers are incorporating outcomes into their teaching planning and practice in New South Wales. The findings indicate that outcomes are instrumental in teachers’ planning; that they are stated differentially according to subject; that they are stated more in relation to skills than knowledge or values; that they are stated for short‐term intent rather than long‐term intent, and that they have not significantly changed the nature of classroom pedagogy.

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International Journal of Educational Management, vol. 13 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0951-354X

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Twenty-First Century Celebrity: Fame In Digital Culture
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78754-212-9

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Publication date: 6 February 2017

Michael A. Walton, Richard M. Clerkin, Robert K. Christensen, Laurie E. Paarlberg, Rebecca Nesbit and Mary Tschirhart

The purpose of this paper is to better understand the conditions associated with serving on boards by investigating the factors that distinguish older volunteers who serve on…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to better understand the conditions associated with serving on boards by investigating the factors that distinguish older volunteers who serve on nonprofit boards from those who only volunteer programmatically.

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Surveys of 354 residents of Southeastern North Carolina over age 50. Measures include education, wealth, retirement status, public service motivation (PSM), patterns of residential mobility, secular and religious organization meeting attendance, and volunteer activity in the past year. Data were analyzed using a Heckman probit selection model.

Findings

Respondents who have higher levels of education, are retired, or have lived in the community for longer periods are more likely to report board volunteering, but are not any more likely to volunteer programmatically. Those with higher levels of PSM are more likely to report general volunteering, but are not any more likely to volunteer on boards. Two measures reveal divergent findings based on type of volunteering: moving frequently in one’s lifetime and attending weekly religious services are associated with a greater likelihood of programmatic volunteering but a reduced likelihood of serving as a board member.

Research limitations/implications

Limitations include self-reported, cross-sectional data, and a geographically restricted American sample that is older, more educated, and more likely to own a second home than average.

Practical implications

In order to better address board member recruitment, nonprofits should consider extending opportunities through strategies targeting retired community newcomers.

Originality/value

This study contributes an analysis of PSM among nonprofit board members, and identifies factors that distinguish programmatic and board volunteers, in order to better understand the conditions associated with board service.

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Publication date: 21 December 2022

Zeya He, Laurie Wu and Xiang (Robert) Li

Photos are powerful tools to attract individuals’ attention and convey service experiences. Yet exactly how visual cues in a photo contribute to the perceptions of the staged…

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Purpose

Photos are powerful tools to attract individuals’ attention and convey service experiences. Yet exactly how visual cues in a photo contribute to the perceptions of the staged servicescape, and how these perceptions inspire online booking/reservation behaviors, remains underexplored. Addressing the gap, this study aims to uncover (1) how perceptual information mediated by an online photo contributes to the formation of consumers' holistic perceptions of the service environment and (2) how such consumers' holistic perceptions further influence customers' online purchasing behaviors.

Design/methodology/approach

This research adopts an innovative crowdsourcing approach and refers to field data on consumers' online hotel booking behaviors to examine relationships among inferred servicescape dimensions, consumers' holistic perceptions of the mediated servicescape and their actual online booking/reservation behaviors (e.g. page-view and meta-click behaviors).

Findings

Confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis indicated that five mediated servicescape dimensions (i.e. color, lighting, furnishings, layout and style) contribute significantly to consumers' perceptions of the mediated servicescape (CPMS) and exert different impacts on CPMS. Connecting the crowdsourced rating and consumer behavioral data, CPMS is found to influence consumers' aggregated page-view and meta-click behavior, especially in the US market.

Originality/value

Building upon servicescape theory, the medium theory and the online booking literature, this research proposes a novel conceptual framework of CPMS to theorize the process by which visual cues in online photos contribute to CPMS and subsequent online purchase behaviors. Findings from this research extend Bitner's servicescape framework to mediated service contexts and provide practical implications for promoting service businesses.

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Journal of Service Management, vol. 34 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1757-5818

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Publication date: 19 November 2020

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The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women: Shifting the Needle
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-83982-885-0

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Publication date: 1 June 1999

Bruce Macfarlane and Laurie Lomas

Acknowledging the claims of stakeholders is part of the new lexicon of higher education management. Institutions, through mission statements, now explicitly recognise their…

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Acknowledging the claims of stakeholders is part of the new lexicon of higher education management. Institutions, through mission statements, now explicitly recognise their obligation to meet the needs of a range of stakeholders such as students, employers, professional associations, the government, the academic community, and wider society. However, while it is easy to list stakeholders, and promise to safeguard their various interests at the institutional level, significant conflicts can arise in managing their competing claims. Previously, stakeholder mapping has focused attention at the institutional level although the practical responsibility for managing these relationships often occurs at the micro or programme level. Drawing on interviews with programme leaders and lecturers involved in single company management education programmes, this paper explores lecturer understandings of stakeholder interests and relates these findings to different conceptions of quality. It is argued that such programmes face particular challenges in managing multiple, and often conflicting, stakeholder interests and expectations.

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Quality Assurance in Education, vol. 7 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0968-4883

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