Collegial trust and the organizational school context: The role of homogeneity of staff culture

摘要: Organizational studies frequently assess effects of the workplace context on employee outcomes which relate to and organizational performance. An important factor regarding latter issues is nature interpersonal trust relationships between members. Also within educational literature, a strong culture in school increasingly recognized as that influences schools’ effectiveness. Trust among teachers enhances teachers’ professionalism learning, partly because collegial fosters teacher collaboration it indicates level bonding social capital school. As such, students benefit well when practices are supported through relations. Educational research examines impact teacher’s work his or her colleagues scarce however. Yet, schools particular kind client-serving organizations confronted with public students. Teachers have certain notions about teaching, but they end up specific group students, this may affect their own beliefs practices, even staff culture. For example, faculty shown be more fragile where marked by working class background than elite schools. Moreover, socioeconomic composition student body relates conceptions students’ ability meet expectations imposed them. When discrepancies exists perceptions teachability, diminish trust. After all, shared mental cognitions beliefs/attitudes facilitate given individuals who interpret environment analogously tend behave similar ways therefore easily each other’s expectations. The degree from share teachability can considered an aspect culture, namely homogeneity most put focus content we choose pay attention role Because associates colleagues, sharedness could trust, suggest mediate colleagues. Furthermore, investigate if mismatch ethnic presence depersonalized in-group teachers. sector, size, characteristics taken into account well. Examining how context, extents our knowledge strongly determines successfulness professional development programs secondary education. This study then importance respect practice policy leadership management.