Teachers' views on empowerment and its impact on commitment: A case study of an (american type) private school in Lebanon

الموضوعات

تربية وتعليم

الملخص

This study explores teachers’ empowerment and its impact on their commitment to school by eliciting participants’ perceptions of the matter. Empowerment takes place when teachers and staff are provided with the opportunities to have the freedom, responsibility and choice to participate in making decisions related to their work. Empowering implies the presence of distributed power, shared responsibility and democracy at school, which may result in teachers’ improved self-esteem, job satisfaction and commitment and a nurturing environment for personal, social and academic development of youth. The theoretical framework presents theories on empowerment, decision making and commitment; the reviewed literature includes studies mainly from the West due to the absence of similar studies in Lebanon and the region. Data were collected through questionnaires administered to the school’s teachers and management body, interviews with the principal and middle managers and focus group interviews with teachers. Qualitative and quantitative data analysis yielded results that were used to address the main research question. Findings indicate a positive relationship between teacher empowerment and commitment to school and the profession. The managerial implications include the development of a manual for managerial operations outlining the procedures and processes that may increase teachers’ empowerment and positions of responsibility within the organizational structure and give them the chance to participate and use their skills outside of the classroom. Other schools are encouraged to conduct similar studies for improvement purposes.

روابط وملفات

التعريف والنوع

رقم الوثيقة

0ccf9f33-5584-4f7f-9dd8-1f21d2d7ff43

رقم العقد

0

نوع الوسائط

Crawler

نوع المحتوى

الرسائل العلمية

صيغة المصدر

رسائل ماجيستير

نوع الملف

pdf text

أسماء الملفات

2213174_1.pdf

بيانات النشر

ألقاب المؤلفين

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اللغة

English

المصدر والدورية

اسم المصدر

Teachers' views on empowerment and its impact on commitment: A case study of an (american type) private school in Lebanon

المحتوى والصفحات

عدد الصفحات

0

كلمات الباحثين

empowerment and its impact

إشراف وإعداد

الإشراف

Mona Nabhani

الإعداد

Elizabeth Sadek

الاقتباسات الببليوغرافية