School Principal Succession and Teachers on Successor Effectiveness

1995 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 394-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob L. Johnson ◽  
Joseph W. Licata
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School Principals ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
School Organization ◽  
School Principal ◽  
Principal Succession ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Teacher Confidence ◽  
The Social ◽  
Systems Framework ◽  
The Relationship

Consistent with a long-standing tradition of research on schools as social systems, this study examines the relationship between the conditions of principal succession and teachers’ perceptions of the successor's effectiveness. Using a sample of seventy-three elementary and secondary school principals and 3,067 teachers, its intent is to stimulate exploration of principal succession through the development of a series of tentative propositions. Study findings suggest that effective successors: inspire teacher confidence early; are associated with predecessors that teachers see as relatively weak; and are not vulnerable to negative comparisons with the predecessor. Further, and within the context of the social-systems framework, this study suggests that teachers’ assessments of successor effectiveness are related to the degree to which the successor's style and policies disrupt those features of the school organization which promote systemic predictability for organizational participants.

Partition signed social networks by spectral features and structural balance

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (19) ◽  
pp. 1950211
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Zhu ◽  
Yinghong Ma
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Structural Balance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Signed Social Networks ◽  
Spectral Algorithm ◽  
Community People ◽  
Signed Network ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Relationship

In social networks, individuals are usually but not exactly divided into communities such that within each community people are friendly to each other while being hostile towards other communities. This is in line with structural balance theory which enables a comprehensive understanding of the stability and tensions of social systems. Yet, there may be some conflicts such as the intra-community negative edges or inter-community positive edges that affect the balancedness of the social system. This raises an interesting question of how to partition a signed network for minimal conflicts, i.e., maximum balancedness. In this paper, by analyzing the relationship between balancedness and spectrum space, we find that each eigenvector can be an indicator of dichotomous structure of networks. Incorporating the leader mechanism, we partition signed networks to maximize the balancedness with top-k eigenvectors. Moreover, we design an optimizing segment to further improve the balancedness of the network. Experimental data both from real social and synthetic networks demonstrate that the spectral algorithm has higher efficiency, robustness and scientificity.

scholarly journals Placing self-assessed health within the systems framework: a preliminary insight into social synergy and syntony

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 626-635
Author(s):  
Elena-Mădălina Vătămănescu ◽  
Andreia Gabriela Andrei ◽  
Adriana Zaiţ
Keyword(s):  
Social Trust ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Self Assessed Health ◽  
Systems Framework ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Specific Contribution

AbstractThe issue of self-assessed health (SAH) has been discussed within the scope of multiple interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary studies, gathering the attention and interest of scholars from various fields of study. Emerged at the confluence of subjective and objective measurements, the construct has triggered controversies and debates on its relevance and reliability, yet it is employed in many analyses as a pertinent reference point for individuals’ perceptions regarding their health status or wellbeing. Starting from these considerations, the current study aims to move the discussion further, by placing SAH in a broader argumentative perspective, as a multivalent process dependent on a myriad of individual, social, environmental, digital, etc. factors apposite to complex social systems. Therefore, the specific contribution intended via this approach is the advancement of a preliminary outlook on SAH within the social systems framework with a special emphasis on synergy and syntony. Against the backdrop of a conceptual undertaking, several factors are brought forward – i.e., environmental factors such as housing, neighborhood, residence and social (interactional) factors such as digital exposure, face-to-face communication, and social trust – hewing the path for future in-depth investigations on the topic.

scholarly journals Towards an Explanation of the Social Value of Health Systems: An Interpretive Synthesis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor Beth Whyle ◽  
Jill Olivier
Keyword(s):  
Health Systems ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Explanatory Theory ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Value Of Health

Background: Health systems are complex social systems, and values constitute a central dimension of their complexity. Values are commonly understood as key drivers of health system change, operating across all health systems components and functions. Moreover, health systems are understood to influence and generate social values, presenting an opportunity to harness health systems to build stronger, more cohesive societies. However, there is little investigation (theoretical, conceptual, or empirical) on social values in health policy and systems research (HPSR), particularly regarding the capacity of health systems to influence and generate social values. This study develops an explanatory theory for the ‘social value of health systems.’ Methods: We present the results of an interpretive synthesis of HPSR literature on social values, drawing on a qualitative systematic review, focusing on claims about the relationship between ‘health systems’ and ‘social values.’ We combined relational claims extracted from the literature under a common framework in order to generate new explanatory theory. Results: We identify four mechanisms by which health systems are considered to contribute social value to society: Health systems can: (1) offer a unifying national ideal and build social cohesion, (2) influence and legitimise popular attitudes about rights and entitlements with regard to healthcare and inform citizen’s understanding of state responsibilities, (3) strengthen trust in the state and legitimise state authority, and (4) communicate the extent to which the state values various population groups. Conclusion: We conclude that, using a systems-thinking and complex adaptive systems perspective, the above mechanisms can be explained as emergent properties of the dynamic network of values-based connections operating within health systems. We also demonstrate that this theory accounts for how HPSR authors write about the relationship between health systems and social values. Finally, we offer lessons for researchers and policy-makers seeking to bring about values-based change in health systems.

scholarly journals Social Crises: Signatures of Complexity in a Fast-Growing Economy

Complexity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Pablo Cárdenas ◽  
Gerardo Vidal ◽  
Carolina Urbina ◽  
Gastón Olivares ◽  
Pablo Rodrigo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social System ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Growing Economy ◽  
Adaptive Nature ◽  
The Relationship

Social systems are always exposed to critical processes in which their organization, or part of it, is questioned by the society that demands solutions through different critical saliences. The traditional approach to such social crises has mainly focused on their anticipation and management, implying that the focus is on trying to deal with crises once they occur, rather than delving in their essential characteristics that seemingly depend on the adaptive nature of the system and the increase in its internal complexity. To address this issue, we propose a dual approach that utilizes both qualitative (documentary analysis) and quantitative methods (online social network analysis) in order to delve into the relationship between the complexity of the social system, its adaptation, and critical episodes. Our analysis shows how an explosive economic growth affects a social system, increasing its complexity. This complexity produces different demands from the system itself. These demands manifest signatures of complexity such as a heterogeneous and rich social structure, which emerges during moments when the society acts strongly.

Sociolinguistics: Theory

1984 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 46-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Heller
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Theoretical Issue ◽  
Social Meaning ◽  
Language Varieties ◽  
The Social ◽  
Variationist Sociolinguistics ◽  
Social Distribution ◽  
The Relationship

In 1980, in this journal, Joshua Fishman presented the major theoretical issue in sociolinguistics as being the link between microsociolinguistic and macrosociolinguistic processes. In 1984 that is still the case, although the issue is receiving more explicit attention than it did four years ago.There are two branches of sociolinguistics which approach this issue in different ways. These two branches are interactionist and variationist sociolinguistics. Interactionist sociolinguistics is principally interested in what language use can tell us about social processes, and therefore a central concern is the social meaning of language use. Variationist sociolinguistics is interested in accounting for linguistic variation and change, at least partly as a product of the social distribution of language varieties. It is, therefore, less concerned with meaning as process, and more concerned with the interaction of linguistic and social systems; in this view the significance of language is mainly symbolic. In this review, I will discuss the contributions of these branches to the problem of the relationship between microsociolinguistics and macrosociolinguistics, as well as the theoretical problems peculiar to each branch.

The relationship between the school organization and the process of inclusion of an autistic student

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Daiane Ferreira Camargo ◽  
Rosana Carla Nascimento Givigi
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Autistic Spectrum Disorder ◽  
School Organization ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
The Social ◽  
Critical Action ◽  
Critical Action Research ◽  
The Relationship

The issues surrounding the school organization are important for the inclusion process. It is essential to prepare the schools and people who work at them because it contributes to the social and cognitive development of the students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This qualitative research uses collaborative-critical action research as the methodology. The aim of this paper is to analyze the school routine for the attendance of an autistic child. This research was done at regular schools they were weekly visited for twelve months. This study allowed the author to conclude that there is a concern about architectural issues and the absence of prior planning to carry out the pedagogical practices, when the students get in the school or when they leave. The educational process of students with disabilities is evidenced by the problems they face. There is no school organization to provide educational support and contribute to student’s development.

scholarly journals Social Classes and Social Mobility in Slovenia and Europe

Organizacija ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 197-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Jereb ◽  
Marko Ferjan
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Social Position ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship

Social Classes and Social Mobility in Slovenia and EuropeIn closed social systems the social position of an individual is determined by the social position of the family into which he or she was born, whereas in open social systems mobility from one social class to another is possible. This paper concerns the relationship between the class position an individual actually occupies and the class into which he or she was born. First the concept of social class is described and different types of social mobility are presented. Than the research methodology is described and the results are presented and discussed. At the end of the paper certain comparisons to other European countries are made.

scholarly journals Ethical Leadership Assessment for The Islamic Secondary School Principals

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-24
Author(s):  
Ristapawa Indra ◽  
Martin Kustati
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Secondary School Principals ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
School Principal ◽  
High School Principal ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Leadership Assessment ◽  
Correlation And Path Analysis ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to determine the assessment of ethical leadership in Islamic High School principal; determine the relationship among ethical leadership constructs; and investigates the influence of ethical leadership in terms of value, serve, act justly, and do right to build the community for a common goal. Eight Islamic secondary schools and 80 teachers were selected as respondents for the study. Quantitative data obtained through a questionnaire which is modified from ethical leadership Perceived Leader Instrument Integrity Scale (LIS). The questionnaire was analyzed using mean and standard deviation, Pearson correlation, and path analysis with multiple regressions. The findings show that the assessment of ethical leadership matched with empirical data. It also found that leadership principals in the service of others was developed at the level of an ethical community, and in terms of respect for others is at unethical level. Then, the finding showed that each construct correlated at a moderate level. It also found that the constructs of ethical leadership (serve and act) provided direct influence on the establishment of a community development effort. The study recommended the elements of ethical leadership of respect for others.    

scholarly journals The Effect of Elementary Education on the Relationship of Social Science to the Earth's Governance System

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Mahmud Alpusari ◽  
Victor Amrifo
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Education ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Social System ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Governance System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The sustainability of this research from Biermann has a focus on collaborating on the earth system governance network based on five research challenges namely architecture, agency, adaptability, allocation, and accountability. Research in order to link the relationship of social science with the earth's governance system. It turns out that the social system is very influential in the earth's governance system, so the need to instill the value of the value of love of nature since elementary education so that the impact of the social system on the earth's governance system in the future can be minimized. The results of this study indicate that social systems consisting of people, governments, and non-government actors must work together to deal with the impact of a dynamic earth governance system. For this reason, elementary education is needed to reduce the negative impact of changes in the earth's governance system through the cultivation of character education that loves the environment while having a sense of responsibility.

scholarly journals Demensi Etnik dalam Kerukunan Umat Beragama di Kota Pontianak Provinsi Kalimantan Barat

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Arnis Rachmadhani
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
The Social ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

A study of qualitative research with data obtained from interviews, in-depth observation, and literature study was conducted in Pontianak City, West Kalimantan Province, describes the general social interaction in Pontianak City that leads to an associative form of interaction, although there is also a potential that leads to dissociative. Assositive interactions include accommodation in the form of a fairly tolerant attitude of religious life; assimilation in the form of cultural assimilation, especially the assimilation between religion and culture that strengthens the relationship of two things, and which strengthens the relationship between families, where cultural interaction strengthens inter-citizen harmony, especially among religious followers; as well as cooperation in the implementation of cultural activities antaretnik. However, dissociative interactions also occur that is the emergence of competition in the form of contradictions. The social systems in Pontianak influence the harmony between religious and inter-ethnic communities. These social systems are social systems built from ethnic Malay, Dayak, Bugis, Madurese, Javanese, and other ethnic groups. The process of working the social system on interethnic religious harmony in Pontianak City, West Kalimantan Province due to the diversity of ethnic groups that can have positive and negative impacts. Positive influence because strengthening the unity of ethnic intern and its negative influence is able to bring up the problem.

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