The Role of District Leaders for Organization Social Capital

Autor/inn/en	Hooge, Edith H.; Moolenaar, Nienke M.; van Look, Karin C. J.; Janssen, Selma K.; Sleegers, Peter J. C.
Titel	The Role of District Leaders for Organization Social Capital
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Administration, 57 (2019) 3, S.296-316 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-8234
DOI	10.1108/JEA-03-2018-0045
Schlagwörter	Administrator Role; Superintendents; School Districts; Social Capital; Governance; Intervention; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Elementary Schools; Social Networks; Educational Objectives; Foreign Countries; Goal Orientation; Administrative Organization; Interprofessional Relationship; Interpersonal Relationship; Mathematics Achievement; Language Proficiency; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulrat; School district; Schulbezirk; Sozialkapital; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Principal; Schulleiter; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Ausland; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Niederlande
Abstract	Purpose: Although it is assumed that school district governance by districts leaders can impact schools' capacity to improvement and educational quality, there is little systematic evidence to support this claim. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how governance goals and interventions affect school districts' social capital. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical enquiry used quantitative data on district leaders enacting governance as perceived by their school principals. These data were collected among 399 school principals of 23 Dutch school districts in elementary education, using a survey. Social network data on social capital within school districts were collected using a social network survey among educational administrators (i.e. district leaders, central office administrators and school principals). Additionally, examples of the relation between school district social capital and governance at six school districts were described. Findings: Results suggest that district leaders can promote the organizational social capital of their school districts through focusing on educational goals. In addition, the findings show that they can reinforce their impact by using interventions varying in coercion level, of which offering support to school principals appears to be "a golden button" to make organizational social capital thrive. Research limitations/implications: Limitations to the study are the generalizability of the findings (they can be questioned because "convenience sampling" was used) and warrant a longitudinal design to examine how organization social capital develops over time. Originality/value: The study is unique as it addresses the impact district leaders may have on their districts' social capital by focusing on social network approach in the study of school district governance. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01