Decision making in school-based management leadership councils: The impact of council membership diversity |
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Authors: | Peter J Robertson Sophia S Kwong |
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Institution: | (1) School of Public Administration, University of Southern California, 90089 Los Angeles, CA |
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Abstract: | School-based management (SBM) is a potentially valuable reform mechanism in urban school districts in which each school serves
a unique mix of students drawn from a heterogeneous population. Because SBM usually relies on leadership councils that function
as the decision-making bodies for individual schools, its effectiveness as a reform mechanism ultimately depends on the quality
of these councils. This research explores how council decision-making quality is affected by five dimensions of council diversity.
Results indicate that diversity in terms of council member roles and tenure in the district is related to council decision-making
quality, while ethnic and gender diversity and diversity in council experience are unrelated to decision processes. Potential
explanations for these findings are discussed. |
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