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Interpersonal staff relationships and the healthy school : educators' experiences
Thesis (MEdPsych (Educational Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2004.
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2006
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| author | Le Roux, Philippa |
| author2 | Newmark, Rona |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/1050 Interpersonal staff relationships and the healthy school : educators' experiences Le Roux, Philippa Newmark, Rona University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Education. Dept. of Educational Psychology. Dissertations -- Education Health promotion Whole-school development Interpersonal relations and dynamics Organisational commitment Theses -- Education Teachers -- Job satisfaction -- South Africa Employee retention Thesis (MEdPsych (Educational Psychology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2004. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: My study aims to ascertain whether interpersonal staff relationships have a role to play in the healthy development of a school as an organisation. My specific focus is on how educators experience these relationships, and how they impact on the educators' commitment to a particular school. My research design consisted of three case studies. I used a semi-structured questionnaire with each case and at a later date had a group discussion. My analysis of the questionnaires' data provided tentative themes for inclusion and further exploration in the group discussion. The combination of two data production phases resulted in the confirmation and expansion of the data. My study shows that various factors impact on interpersonal staff relationships within a school. These interpersonal staff relationships have a bearing on the continuance, moral and alienative dimensions of commitment, and impact on staff retention and job performance. They also impact directly on the health of the educators. Thus interpersonal staff relationships would seem to have an important role to play in the development of healthy schools. I conclude by acknowledging the limitations of this study, and recommending further research. Masters 2006-11-16T09:24:10Z 2010-05-31T17:04:41Z 2006-11-16T09:24:10Z 2010-05-31T17:04:41Z 2004-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1050 en University of Stellenbosch 110897 bytes 102580 bytes 852339 bytes 97052 bytes 94647 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellebosch |
| spellingShingle | Dissertations -- Education Health promotion Whole-school development Interpersonal relations and dynamics Organisational commitment Theses -- Education Teachers -- Job satisfaction -- South Africa Employee retention Le Roux, Philippa Interpersonal staff relationships and the healthy school : educators' experiences |
| title | Interpersonal staff relationships and the healthy school : educators' experiences |
| title_full | Interpersonal staff relationships and the healthy school : educators' experiences |
| title_fullStr | Interpersonal staff relationships and the healthy school : educators' experiences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interpersonal staff relationships and the healthy school : educators' experiences |
| title_short | Interpersonal staff relationships and the healthy school : educators' experiences |
| title_sort | interpersonal staff relationships and the healthy school educators experiences |
| topic | Dissertations -- Education Health promotion Whole-school development Interpersonal relations and dynamics Organisational commitment Theses -- Education Teachers -- Job satisfaction -- South Africa Employee retention |
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