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Future Leadership Of Schools In Australia: Employee Perceptions Of Taking On The Challenge, Peter Williams, Peter Morey

Peter Williams

Educational systems are experiencing a global leadership crisis. The literature around school leadership paints a clear picture: school leaders are an ageing population and there is a lack of willingness from classroom teachers to take on school leadership roles. Anecdotal evidence would suggest this is also the case within Adventist Schools Australia (ASA), however, there is a lack of research that has explored the leadership intentions of current employees within this education system. Through a review of school leadership literature, and ASA employee survey responses on the topic of school leadership, this study explores the views of these respondents to …

Anytime Email And Work-Life Balance: An Exploration Into The Views Of Adventist Schools Australia Employees, Peter Williams, Warrick R. Long, Peter Morey

Peter Williams

Email has extended its reach beyond the

traditional workplace into the non-work hours

of employees, disrupting the work-life balance.

What was once ‘anywhere any time’ has

become ‘everywhere all the time’ (Mazmanian,

Orlikowski, & Yates, 2013). This study examines

the effects of email intrusion on work-life

balance from the perspective of a Christian

faith-based organisation, which has the

additional dimension of espousing a ‘healthy’

balance between work and life. A survey

of 500 employees of such an organisation,

attracting 208 respondents, found that nearly all

employees owned mobile devices that enable

them to access work email outside work time,

and …