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Ryan, Margaret

doi:10.1023/a:1007796318687

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“…The findings of the study help identify three points of comparison of principals’ political strategies in different cultures. The points of comparison we identified are somewhat similar to those suggested by Ryan (2000) with regard to general management, but those did not offer any differentiation based on cultural orientation (collectivism vs. individualism). The importance of the study lies in expanding the limited empirical knowledge base that is rooted in the political outlook on distributed leadership in schools and the scarce comparative research addressing the cultural aspects of distributed leadership practices.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…Scholars suggested that the participative decision making process in organisations is an ideal site for micro-politics (Gotsis and Kortezi, 2010). For example, Ryan (2000) identifies several types of micro-political strategies applied in participative decision making, including information control (e.g. unwillingness to share information because of political motives), flexibility (e.g.…”

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Participative decision making in schools in individualist and collectivist cultures: The micro-politics behind distributed leadership

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Berkovich²

2021

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

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Despite the popularity of distributed leadership theory, the investigation of the micro-political aspects of such models have scarcely been explored, and insights on the cultural variety of distributed practices in schools are limited. The present study aimed to explore what micro-political aspects emerge in participative decision making in collectivist and individualist cultures. To this end, a multiple case study method was adopted, focusing on four Israeli public high schools. Schools were chosen to represent an ‘extreme’ case selection rationale: two non-religious urban schools representing individualist cases, and two communal schools in religious kibbutzim representing communal schools. The analysis shed light on three micro-political points of comparison between the prototypes of participative decision making in collectivist and individualist cultures related to control, actors, and stage crafting. The findings and implications are discussed.

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confidence: 70%

Section: Literature Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%