International Journal of Educational Management: Volume 18 Issue 2

Role ambiguity, role conflict and job satisfaction among physical education teachers in Greece

Athanasios Koustelios, Nicholas Theodorakis, Dimitris Goulimaris

This study examines role conflict, role ambiguity, and job satisfaction among Greek physical education teachers, and the extent to which role conflict and role ambiguity predict…

Department heads’ perceptions of their influence on mathematics achievement in Singapore and the United States

Berinderjeet Kaur, Beverly J. Ferrucci, Jack A. Carter

Heads of secondary school mathematics department were surveyed to assess their perceptions of how they influence and impact students' performance in mathematics. Survey results…

Costs and benefits of the workaround: inventive solution or costly alternative

Lisa A. Petrides, Sara I. McClelland, Thad R. Nodine

In the current climate of increased accountability in higher education, many colleges and universities are considering ways to improve their collection and analysis of data and…

Teachers’ and principals’ perceptions of the summative evaluation conference: an examination of Model I theories‐in‐use

Raymond L. Calabrese, Kristen Sherwood, John Fast, Cynthia Womack

A research team consisting of doctoral students and their faculty advisor investigated the differences in perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes between school principals and…

In search of universal principles of higher education management and applicability to Moldavian higher education system

Steve O. Michael

Focuses on Moldavia, and its task of nation building – a task that depends, in part, on the effectiveness of the nation's educational system– following the demise of the Soviet…

Course management and students’ expectations: theory‐based considerations

M. Ronald Buckley, Milorad M. Novicevic, Jonathon R.B. Halbesleben, Michael Harvey

This paper proposes a theoretical, yet practical, framework for managing the formation process of students unrealistic expectations in a college course. Using relational…

Who Controls Teachers’ Work? Power and Accountability in America’s Schools

John Doyle