School Organizational Culture and Leadership: Theoretical Trends and New Analytical Proposals

Abstract

Various changes in the spheres of education policy and school management over recent decades have sparked a renewed interest in the issue of school culture and its potential to understand processes of leadership and academic performance. What are the contributions and potentialities of organizational culture for understanding school organizations and their leadership processes? This article has two goals: (i) to identify trends and theoretical particularities inherent to the major approaches to organizational culture, focusing on research carried out in the school setting; (ii) to debate the heuristic usefulness of a theoretical proposal for studying organizational culture in the school setting. The article presents a multidimensional analysis of school organizational culture, considering political, social and educational factors, aiming to capture the unique nature of school cultures and their links to processes of leadership and management. By linking these to different leadership perspectives, this model may inspire further comparative study of educational management in an international context. This approach demonstrates the need to tailor models for analysing organizational culture to the school environment, to achieve a deeper and more solid understanding of school life and leadership and management phenomena.

Evaluation of organisational culture dimensions and their change due to the pandemic

“…Interest in the issue of school culture and its potential to understand leadership processes is growing ( Torres, 2022 ). Leadership creates a positive effect on the members of the organization and contributes to the formation of a strong school culture ( Kalkan et al, 2020 ).…”

Improving The Religious Character of Educators Through Exemplary of Principles

“…Starting from the principal must be able to mobilize school resources, about planning and evaluate character education, character education development, curriculum development, learning, workforce management, learning facilities and resources, student services, school relations with the community, and creating a school climate (Torres, 2022).…”

Análisis organizacional de las Escuelas de Segunda Oportunidad Acreditadas en España

“…Hasta ahora, los estudios que analizan la organización escolar, se han centrado fundamentalmente en centros de educación primaria y secundaria (Torres, 2022); o han puesto el foco en aspectos como el liderazgo (Meza-Mejía et al, 2022). Por el contrario, las entidades del tercer sector dedicadas a la segunda oportunidad han recibido menos atención en tanto que organizaciones.…”