Prior research has shown the importance of collaborative culture as well teacher job satisfaction and commitment in navigating complex school improvement processes. This study investigated relationship between culture, affective commitment, teachers taking both cultures entire school, informal subgroups, into account. Survey data 760 teachers, nested 136 subgroups 13 secondary schools, were ana...

This paper explores school reforms as a moral voice, which speaks in a different language in each context. We used the comprehensive school reform in Finland as an example and asked how teachers talk about it. Five discourses were identified: the silence, the irony, the submission, the active resistance and the opportunities. The sixth discourse, ‘the commitment’, was used when teachers talked ...

The traditional view on participation in participatory design of workplace technologies assumes a high degree of commitment by participants. In non-work settings, however, such a degree of commitment cannot necessarily be assumed. Similarly, the social organization differs from work to non-work. In work settings the role of peers is well defined, whereas in non-work settings participating peers...

Teacher commitment to classroom model philosophy and burnout were explored in a sample of 53 teachers implementing three preschool models at high levels of fidelity for students with autism: Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH); Learning Experiences and Alternative Program for Preschoolers and Their Parents (LEAP); and high quality special ...

the purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze organizational effectiveness of high schools based on the integrative approach of goal attainment–system resources and the theoretical model of parsons with the four essential functions of the social system. the four parsons’ indicators of organizational effectiveness of high schools which include innovation, organizational commitment, job...

In this study, the job performance of school administrators, a significant factor effectiveness, was discussed. Accordingly, aim survey is to examine relationship between burnout, commitment and administrators. 320 administrators working in public schools Turkey participated research. research, causal comparative design correlational model, which are among quantitative research methods, were us...