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

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...

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Published in:Educational management, administration & leadership administration & leadership, 2023-05, Vol.51 (3), p.533-553
Main Authors: Or, Mor Hodaya, Berkovich, Izhak
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collectivism
Cultural Differences
Decision making
Educational Administration
Educational leadership
Foreign Countries
High Schools
Individualism
Judaism
Leadership
Participative Decision Making
Politics
Public Schools
Religious Schools
Urban Schools
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1741-1432
1741-1440
DOI:10.1177/17411432211001364