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Reframing Behaviour To Foster Safe And Supporting Schools, Shannon L. Cassidy-Rouleau
Reframing Behaviour To Foster Safe And Supporting Schools, Shannon L. Cassidy-Rouleau
The Dissertation in Practice at Western University
This Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) examines educator support to students who present with chronically challenging behaviours. Educators are experiencing an increase in the frequency and severity of interfering student behaviours affecting classroom learning, school climate, and educator mental well-being (RRDSB, 2018a, 2019b; Santor et al., 2019). Educators frequently disengage from these students and their discipline is managed by administration (RRDSB, 2019b). These students, often already members of marginalized communities (Bailey, 2015), are further marginalized by the use of exclusionary, punitive measures. This mandates a social justice framework that benefits from the moral dialogue evoked by transformative leadership (Shields, 2018). In …
Virtually Constructed Leadership: A Study Of Accountability In An International Non-Profit Organization, Kristopher Ph Tharris
Virtually Constructed Leadership: A Study Of Accountability In An International Non-Profit Organization, Kristopher Ph Tharris
The Dissertation in Practice at Western University
Through the eyes of a leader within a virtual non-profit organization (referred to as the Centre), this Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) explores the lack of formal accountability amongst an international team of volunteers. The lack of formal accountability has the potential to hinder all interactions of the team, decreasing efficiency of the organization and ultimately decreasing its impact on beneficiaries. The relationship between the volunteer leaders and the Centre is described as organizational volunteerism, where organizations are voluntarily contributing their human resources to benefit the international community. This improvement plan examines a combination of complementary leadership approaches that form a …
Authentic Leadership And Knowledge Management In Public Libraries: Role Of Organizational Commitment Using Mixed Method Research, Shahbaz Sharif, Rab Nawaz Lodhi Dr., Muhammad Asif Munir, Farhana Yasmin Dr.
Authentic Leadership And Knowledge Management In Public Libraries: Role Of Organizational Commitment Using Mixed Method Research, Shahbaz Sharif, Rab Nawaz Lodhi Dr., Muhammad Asif Munir, Farhana Yasmin Dr.
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
Versatile leadership theories have been practiced to organizational sustainability last decade. Interestingly, authentic leadership has been proved to have effective practical implications to ensure organizational sustainability. Drawing from authentic leadership theory, this research aims at exploring the direct and indirect effect of authentic leadership on knowledge-management: explicit and tacit knowledge sharing behavior about public libraries in higher educational institutions (HEIs). This research employed an affective commitment mechanism to mediate the relationship between authentic leadership and knowledge-management. By using a sequential explanatory research design, this research collected data from the professors of public HEIs. The research administered 368 designed survey Questionnaires …