JuPiDi: Jurnal Kepimpinan Pendidikan, Oct 25, 2017
Creating an appropriate and clear vision that is guided with the organizational goals and objecti... more Creating an appropriate and clear vision that is guided with the organizational goals and objectives is a key responsibility of leaders in all organizations. In educational institutions like university, generating vision-driven policies by the leadership is not only to enhance the quality of organizational performance, but also to ensure dynamic implementation of inevitable alterations like a technology-based change. For the purpose of this study a qualitative research methodology was used and data were collected through three different sources including open-ended interviews, direct observations, and official documents revision techniques from a higher education institution as a single case study in Malaysia. The interviewees were from two individual groups including the top management, and the deans of the various faculties. The participants have been selected based on the criteria on their involvement in planning and decision making about the new changes in the university. In total, 30 people were interviewed and their attitudes towards implementation of systemic change in their daily responsibilities have been observed for the period of six months. Apart from interviews and observation, data also were collected through examination of official documents obtained including the university’s published Annual and Monthly Reports, newspapers, public records, and research articles which have been presented in local and international seminars or conferences by officials of the university. The findings indicated that; planning, organizing, guiding and monitoring are among the vital factors in leading systemic change towards implementing technology-based and e-learning system in university organisation. Therefore, an effective, clear and accessible vision, must be ensured in order to facilitate systemic change in higher education institutions.
Sekolah ialah institusi pendidikan, dan urusan utamanya ialah melaksanakan kurikulum melalui pros... more Sekolah ialah institusi pendidikan, dan urusan utamanya ialah melaksanakan kurikulum melalui proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Berdasarkan konsep kedaifan sekolah dalam konteks deprivasi sosial, tujuan kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk menganalisis amalan kepimpinan instruksional guru besar Sekolah Kurang Murid (SKM) dan hubungannya terhadap prestasi akademik murid, profesionalisme guru, dan iklim sekolah di kawasan terpinggir. Artikel ini membentangkan hasil kajian tinjauan mengenai amalan kepimpinan instruksional guru besar dan prestasi akademik murid di SKM. Kajian melibatkan 334 orang guru besar daripada lima buah negeri di Semenanjung Malaysia iaitu negeri Selangor, Perak, Pahang, Johor, dan Negeri Sembilan. Hasil dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa guru besar di SKM ada melaksanakan amalan kepimpinan instruksional dalam mentadbir sekolah. Bagaimanapun terdapat hubungan positif yang lemah antara kepimpinan instruksional guru besar dengan prestasi akademik murid dalam pencapaian UPSR. Lantaran hasil kajian ini secara tidak langsung mengetepikan persepsi umum bahawa amalan kepimpinan instruksional guru besar menjamin sepenuhnya kejayaan murid. Ini kerana terdapat banyak halangan dan faktor lain yang turut mempengaruhi prestasi akademik murid di SKM.
Assessment of performance effectiveness in higher education settings is one of the most frequentl... more Assessment of performance effectiveness in higher education settings is one of the most frequently discussed topics. Responding to this, the current study aims to test and verify academic leadership performance effectiveness scale in Malaysian academic settings. The scale had been developed and validated in one study conducted in Australia in 2008 and was also employed in another research study in Australia and New Zealand in 2012. An online version of the scale was administered among academic leaders from 9 public and private universities in Malaysia and 90 completed surveys were collected. Principal Component Analysis with Promax rotation and Velicer’s MAP test were run to identify the underlying constructs. The results revealed the emergence of only two components including Recognition and Prestige (RP) with 11 items and Academic Professional Excellence (APE) with 8 items with a considerable indication of reliability. Additionally, quality issues associated with the analysis, implications, and future directions were discussed.
Vision plays an important role in leadership and strategic planning for all organizations includi... more Vision plays an important role in leadership and strategic planning for all organizations including education. In this regards planning vision is the management’s key task and responsibility. In managing the change process, working on vision not only means examining and re-examining the strategic planning for the organization but also making explicit to management the purpose for the change. Consequently, the importance of the vision and planning would be more critical when an organization is going through the new technology-based changes. This paper which is the result of a PhD research study focuses on “vision “as one of the main component of change management. Therefore, in order to see the different aspect of visionary planning in situation of educational change, four main strategies of management including planning, organizing, guiding, and monitoring have been examined. From the data analysis it was found that in the context of technology-based change or systemic change that affects all the levels and aspects of the organization, vision and strategic planning play as the two key prerequisites for the success of the change. The results of in-depth analysis of “vision” as the key theme of this study are presented in this paper.
The concept ‘organizational citizenship behavior’ (OCB) underlies the psychology of loyalty, comm... more The concept ‘organizational citizenship behavior’ (OCB) underlies the psychology of loyalty, commitment, and collegiality of employees in organizations. Much research has been done on this concept in business and industrial corporations, but little is known about its relevancy in educational settings. Our study has re-conceptualized OCB and renewed its construct by incorporating a few additional dimensions related to the socio-political nuances of citizenship, and subsequently applied the new conception of OCB via a survey involving university academics as respondents. Our study found that the re-conceptualized OCB was pervasively present among academics in university organizations, which had an extensive variety of interest groups competing for different resources, values, and philosophies in a rather autonomous jurisdiction. This finding implies that even without consciously aware of OCB, the academics have long upheld the tradition of being university citizens, loyal and committe...
International Journal of Innovation in Teaching and Learning (IJITL), 2020
Leadership is considered as one of the most important factors in school success. Leaders from th... more Leadership is considered as one of the most important factors in school success. Leaders from the successfully transformed schools demonstrate multiple leadership behaviours that vary according to situations. This qualitative study explored important orientations of leadership behaviours in two selected transformed schools in Malaysia. Data were collected through interviews, observations and document review. 28 participants (14 from each schools) including school leaders, administrators and teachers were selected through purposive sampling for interviews. The data collected were consolidated, reduced and interpreted. The four leadership behaviour orientations, which included task-oriented, relation-oriented, change-oriented and ethical-oriented leadership behaviour, came out as main orientations of leadership behaviours required for school transformation. The study offers important implications for school leaders, policy makers, educationists and researchers in Malaysia and elsewh...
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the best practices of school leaders, teachers, pu... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the best practices of school leaders, teachers, pupils, parents and the community in selected transformed schools in Selangor, Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThis qualitative multiple-case study explores the best practices in two selected transformed schools through in-depth interviews, observations and document reviews. The data were collected from 2 school heads, 6 teachers with administrative responsibilities and 20 teachers. The themes were elucidated via open, axial and selective coding based on the grounded theory approach.FindingsThe analysis identified various best practices exhibited by school leaders, teachers, pupils, parents and the community. Four themes were found to be common as best practices in both selected schools, which were adaptive and multi-dimensional leadership, winning-the-hearts, extensive use of Information and Communication Technology in school operations, and a culture of acquiring and sharing professi...
JuPiDi: Jurnal Kepimpinan Pendidikan, Oct 25, 2017
Creating an appropriate and clear vision that is guided with the organizational goals and objecti... more Creating an appropriate and clear vision that is guided with the organizational goals and objectives is a key responsibility of leaders in all organizations. In educational institutions like university, generating vision-driven policies by the leadership is not only to enhance the quality of organizational performance, but also to ensure dynamic implementation of inevitable alterations like a technology-based change. For the purpose of this study a qualitative research methodology was used and data were collected through three different sources including open-ended interviews, direct observations, and official documents revision techniques from a higher education institution as a single case study in Malaysia. The interviewees were from two individual groups including the top management, and the deans of the various faculties. The participants have been selected based on the criteria on their involvement in planning and decision making about the new changes in the university. In total, 30 people were interviewed and their attitudes towards implementation of systemic change in their daily responsibilities have been observed for the period of six months. Apart from interviews and observation, data also were collected through examination of official documents obtained including the university’s published Annual and Monthly Reports, newspapers, public records, and research articles which have been presented in local and international seminars or conferences by officials of the university. The findings indicated that; planning, organizing, guiding and monitoring are among the vital factors in leading systemic change towards implementing technology-based and e-learning system in university organisation. Therefore, an effective, clear and accessible vision, must be ensured in order to facilitate systemic change in higher education institutions.
Sekolah ialah institusi pendidikan, dan urusan utamanya ialah melaksanakan kurikulum melalui pros... more Sekolah ialah institusi pendidikan, dan urusan utamanya ialah melaksanakan kurikulum melalui proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Berdasarkan konsep kedaifan sekolah dalam konteks deprivasi sosial, tujuan kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk menganalisis amalan kepimpinan instruksional guru besar Sekolah Kurang Murid (SKM) dan hubungannya terhadap prestasi akademik murid, profesionalisme guru, dan iklim sekolah di kawasan terpinggir. Artikel ini membentangkan hasil kajian tinjauan mengenai amalan kepimpinan instruksional guru besar dan prestasi akademik murid di SKM. Kajian melibatkan 334 orang guru besar daripada lima buah negeri di Semenanjung Malaysia iaitu negeri Selangor, Perak, Pahang, Johor, dan Negeri Sembilan. Hasil dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa guru besar di SKM ada melaksanakan amalan kepimpinan instruksional dalam mentadbir sekolah. Bagaimanapun terdapat hubungan positif yang lemah antara kepimpinan instruksional guru besar dengan prestasi akademik murid dalam pencapaian UPSR. Lantaran hasil kajian ini secara tidak langsung mengetepikan persepsi umum bahawa amalan kepimpinan instruksional guru besar menjamin sepenuhnya kejayaan murid. Ini kerana terdapat banyak halangan dan faktor lain yang turut mempengaruhi prestasi akademik murid di SKM.
Assessment of performance effectiveness in higher education settings is one of the most frequentl... more Assessment of performance effectiveness in higher education settings is one of the most frequently discussed topics. Responding to this, the current study aims to test and verify academic leadership performance effectiveness scale in Malaysian academic settings. The scale had been developed and validated in one study conducted in Australia in 2008 and was also employed in another research study in Australia and New Zealand in 2012. An online version of the scale was administered among academic leaders from 9 public and private universities in Malaysia and 90 completed surveys were collected. Principal Component Analysis with Promax rotation and Velicer’s MAP test were run to identify the underlying constructs. The results revealed the emergence of only two components including Recognition and Prestige (RP) with 11 items and Academic Professional Excellence (APE) with 8 items with a considerable indication of reliability. Additionally, quality issues associated with the analysis, implications, and future directions were discussed.
Vision plays an important role in leadership and strategic planning for all organizations includi... more Vision plays an important role in leadership and strategic planning for all organizations including education. In this regards planning vision is the management’s key task and responsibility. In managing the change process, working on vision not only means examining and re-examining the strategic planning for the organization but also making explicit to management the purpose for the change. Consequently, the importance of the vision and planning would be more critical when an organization is going through the new technology-based changes. This paper which is the result of a PhD research study focuses on “vision “as one of the main component of change management. Therefore, in order to see the different aspect of visionary planning in situation of educational change, four main strategies of management including planning, organizing, guiding, and monitoring have been examined. From the data analysis it was found that in the context of technology-based change or systemic change that affects all the levels and aspects of the organization, vision and strategic planning play as the two key prerequisites for the success of the change. The results of in-depth analysis of “vision” as the key theme of this study are presented in this paper.
The concept ‘organizational citizenship behavior’ (OCB) underlies the psychology of loyalty, comm... more The concept ‘organizational citizenship behavior’ (OCB) underlies the psychology of loyalty, commitment, and collegiality of employees in organizations. Much research has been done on this concept in business and industrial corporations, but little is known about its relevancy in educational settings. Our study has re-conceptualized OCB and renewed its construct by incorporating a few additional dimensions related to the socio-political nuances of citizenship, and subsequently applied the new conception of OCB via a survey involving university academics as respondents. Our study found that the re-conceptualized OCB was pervasively present among academics in university organizations, which had an extensive variety of interest groups competing for different resources, values, and philosophies in a rather autonomous jurisdiction. This finding implies that even without consciously aware of OCB, the academics have long upheld the tradition of being university citizens, loyal and committe...
International Journal of Innovation in Teaching and Learning (IJITL), 2020
Leadership is considered as one of the most important factors in school success. Leaders from th... more Leadership is considered as one of the most important factors in school success. Leaders from the successfully transformed schools demonstrate multiple leadership behaviours that vary according to situations. This qualitative study explored important orientations of leadership behaviours in two selected transformed schools in Malaysia. Data were collected through interviews, observations and document review. 28 participants (14 from each schools) including school leaders, administrators and teachers were selected through purposive sampling for interviews. The data collected were consolidated, reduced and interpreted. The four leadership behaviour orientations, which included task-oriented, relation-oriented, change-oriented and ethical-oriented leadership behaviour, came out as main orientations of leadership behaviours required for school transformation. The study offers important implications for school leaders, policy makers, educationists and researchers in Malaysia and elsewh...
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the best practices of school leaders, teachers, pu... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the best practices of school leaders, teachers, pupils, parents and the community in selected transformed schools in Selangor, Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThis qualitative multiple-case study explores the best practices in two selected transformed schools through in-depth interviews, observations and document reviews. The data were collected from 2 school heads, 6 teachers with administrative responsibilities and 20 teachers. The themes were elucidated via open, axial and selective coding based on the grounded theory approach.FindingsThe analysis identified various best practices exhibited by school leaders, teachers, pupils, parents and the community. Four themes were found to be common as best practices in both selected schools, which were adaptive and multi-dimensional leadership, winning-the-hearts, extensive use of Information and Communication Technology in school operations, and a culture of acquiring and sharing professi...
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