School Ethnicity and Governance Influences on Work Absence of Teachers and School Administrators

Autor/inn/en	Rosenblatt, Zehava; Shirom, Arie
Titel	School Ethnicity and Governance Influences on Work Absence of Teachers and School Administrators
Quelle	In: Educational Administration Quarterly, 42 (2006) 3, S.361-384 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-161X
DOI	10.1177/0013161X05282613
Schlagwörter	School Based Management; Ethnicity; Governance; Teacher Attendance; Administrators; Elementary School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Public Education; Faculty Workload; School Size; Teacher Behavior; Employee Absenteeism; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Ausland; Öffentliche Erziehung; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Employee; Absenteeism; Absentismus
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the extent to which school ethnic affiliation (Jewish vs. Arab) and site-based management affected the absence of teachers and school administrators. Research Design: Background individual and organization-level data on the population of elementary and middle-school teachers (52, 056 teachers at 2, 145 schools) in the Israeli public education system were studied by means of multi-level analysis (HLM). Findings: Controlling for individual workload, school size, and school level, the authors found that the higher a teacher's administrative position, the fewer his or her absence spells. This tendency was more pronounced in the Arab-sector schools, although being affiliated to Arab schools tended to increase teachers' absenteeism. Value: The study contributes to our understanding of the influence of a school's ethnic affiliation and other school-level characteristics on work absenteeism, a topic traditionally studied at the individual level of analysis. When, as in the present case, ethnic affiliation coincides with resource deprivation and marginalization in the broader society, an increase in withdrawal behavior such as work absence can be expected. The school hierarchy and one's position in it also emerge as important factors to be considered in the planning and design of further research on teachers' absence behavior. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10