International Journal of Educational Management: Volume 38 Issue 2

Secondary school teachers' beliefs and needs about hikikomori and social withdrawn students

Eleonora Concina, Sara Frate, Michele Biasutti

Hikikomori is a multidimensional condition, characterized by voluntarily social withdrawal, impacting the relational dimension of life. The current study aims to examine secondary…

The mediating role of competency in the effect of transformational leadership on lecturer performance

Nelly Nelly, Harjanto Prabowo, Agustinus Bandur, Elidjen Elidjen

The major purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of job competency in the effect of transformational leadership to performance of university lecturers. This…

Educational innovation practices in primary and secondary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nancy Bouranta, Evangelos Psomas

Due to the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, primary and secondary schools worldwide are deploying online teaching/learning practices, fostering and thus innovation practices…

Principal's abusive leadership and teachers' intrinsic and extrinsic motivations: the moderating roles of duration of relationship and group size

Tahani Hassan, Izhak Berkovich

This study investigated the relationship between principals' abusive leadership and teachers' intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, exploring the potential moderating effects of…

Analysing the mediating role of organisational citizenship behaviour between transformational leadership and education 4.0 using PLS-SEM approach

Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Sukhpreet Kaur

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the mediating role of organisational citizenship behaviour between transformational leadership and successful implementation of education…

Contemporary crisis management in Ukraine's higher education system: a case study from the crises of the pandemic and the invasion

Svitlana L. Kuzmina, Olena Popova, Ludmyla Bachurina

Taking the Institute of Philology and Journalism at Ukraine's Taurida National University as a case study, this paper overviews and distils the crisis management measures utilised…

Unleashing the creative spark: the mediating role of employee work engagement on the relationship between employee training and creativity

Yuvika Singh, Shivinder Phoolka

This study aims to explore the mediating role of employee work engagement in the relationship between training and creativity in the education sector in India.

Faculty competences development components: an integrated model for the development of educational leaders in technical education institutes

Payal Sharma

This study primarily aims at assessing Faculty Competences Development Components (FCDCs) that help in the development of educational leaders. The study further formulates a model…

Teachers’ affective and physical well-being: emotional intelligence, emotional labour and implications for leadership

Mehmet Karakus, Mustafa Toprak, Omer Caliskan, Megan Crawford

This study aims to examine the role of teachers’ emotional intelligence (EI) and emotional labour (EL) strategies in their affective and physical well-being.

Contextual factors and virtual professional learning communities in Maldivian schools

Aminath Adhala Rasheed, Ahmad Albattat, S. M. Ferdous Azam

Virtual professional learning communities provide digital platforms for teachers across the globe to join learning networks and engage in continuous and unrestricted learning…

Innovative university: evidence from university management

Jefferson Marlon Monticelli, Paulo Fossatti, Louise de Quadros da Silva, Charlene Bitencourt Soster Luz

Innovation enables growth and helps address social challenges. This research aims to identify evidence that can characterize an innovative university based on its university…

Higher education managers’ perception of university reputation components: a model for Middle Eastern countries

Yones Romiani, Maryam Sadat Ghoraishi Khorasgani, Saeid Norollahee

Nowadays, universities increasingly consider reputation as a key component for improving quality and rankings. A positive reputation opens doors to added value and diverse…

Effects of university organizational culture on student academic behavior in Indonesia

Burhanuddin Burhanuddin, Francisco Ben, Achmad Supriyanto, Asep Sunandar, Sunarni Sunarni, Raden Bambang Sumarsono

The purpose of this study is to investigate (1) how organizational culture influence student academic behavior at universities in Indonesia; (2) if there is any difference between…

Measuring the teachers’ talent management

Nathalie Liechti García, Albert Sesé

A crucial issue in educational management refers to helping teachers reach their full potential and manage their talents. Although managing talent is advised as an essential…

Four recommendations to increase the level of pervasion of change projects in higher education institutions: a case report

Joachim Preusse

The purpose of this case report is to (1) to describe outputs of a change project at Muenster University of Applied Sciences (Germany), which targeted its “operational core” of…