Those interested in positive organizational scholarship (POS) seek ways to understand how humans ... more Those interested in positive organizational scholarship (POS) seek ways to understand how humans and organizations reach extraordinary levels of performance. This chapter explains the unique role of collective efficacy beliefs in fostering such positive deviance in organizations. A robust literature demonstrates that collective beliefs enable excellence in a variety of sectors. This analysis synthesizes existing research to discuss how collective efficacy is considered across various disciplines. Collective efficacy-a group's belief in its capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to reach a specific goal-is understood to be an important organizational property because the strength of social institutions depends in part on communal ability and willingness to solve problems . Understanding the choices that individuals and groups make in pursuit of organizational goals is a key need for POS. Our purpose is to advance awareness of collective efficacy as a facet of POS by examining the connections among collective efficacy, organizational excellence, and leadership.
To my grandparents: George and Wedad Ajluni & Nicholas and Nellie Salloum who courageously left t... more To my grandparents: George and Wedad Ajluni & Nicholas and Nellie Salloum who courageously left the Middle East in search of better opportunities for their families… iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a supportive community to foster the intense work and dedication required to complete a dissertation.
Those interested in positive organizational scholarship (POS) seek ways to understand how humans ... more Those interested in positive organizational scholarship (POS) seek ways to understand how humans and organizations reach extraordinary levels of performance. This chapter explains the unique role of collective efficacy beliefs in fostering such positive deviance in organizations. A robust literature demonstrates that collective beliefs enable excellence in a variety of sectors. This analysis synthesizes existing research to discuss how collective efficacy is considered across various disciplines. Collective efficacy-a group's belief in its capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to reach a specific goal-is understood to be an important organizational property because the strength of social institutions depends in part on communal ability and willingness to solve problems . Understanding the choices that individuals and groups make in pursuit of organizational goals is a key need for POS. Our purpose is to advance awareness of collective efficacy as a facet of POS by examining the connections among collective efficacy, organizational excellence, and leadership.
Purpose: Research shows that trust is significantly related to academic achievement. This study e... more Purpose: Research shows that trust is significantly related to academic achievement. This study expands knowledge of this connection in two ways. First, because a stratified, random sample of elementary schools from an entire state was used, the results have considerable generalizability. Second, this study tested the relationship between trust and achievement and assessed whether links between academic achievement, socioeconomic status (SES), and racial composition are mediated by the levels of trust teachers report in students and parents. Data Collection and Analysis: Schools were systematically randomly selected and stratified by location, prior achievement, SES, and size to represent all traditional public elementary schools across Michigan. Teachers responded to surveys measuring the levels of trust in schools. A path analysis was conducted at the school level to model variation in trust and the proportion of students passing the state mathematics and reading assessments. Findings: Using path analysis and controlling for measures of school context, greater trust was associated with increased school achievement in mathematics and reading on state assessments used for accountability purposes. Also, school SES, racial composition, and size were indirectly related
Those interested in positive organizational scholarship (POS) seek ways to understand how humans ... more Those interested in positive organizational scholarship (POS) seek ways to understand how humans and organizations reach extraordinary levels of performance. This chapter explains the unique role of collective efficacy beliefs in fostering such positive deviance in organizations. A robust literature demonstrates that collective beliefs enable excellence in a variety of sectors. This analysis synthesizes existing research to discuss how collective efficacy is considered across various disciplines. Collective efficacy-a group's belief in its capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to reach a specific goal-is understood to be an important organizational property because the strength of social institutions depends in part on communal ability and willingness to solve problems . Understanding the choices that individuals and groups make in pursuit of organizational goals is a key need for POS. Our purpose is to advance awareness of collective efficacy as a facet of POS by examining the connections among collective efficacy, organizational excellence, and leadership.
To my grandparents: George and Wedad Ajluni & Nicholas and Nellie Salloum who courageously left t... more To my grandparents: George and Wedad Ajluni & Nicholas and Nellie Salloum who courageously left the Middle East in search of better opportunities for their families… iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a supportive community to foster the intense work and dedication required to complete a dissertation.
Those interested in positive organizational scholarship (POS) seek ways to understand how humans ... more Those interested in positive organizational scholarship (POS) seek ways to understand how humans and organizations reach extraordinary levels of performance. This chapter explains the unique role of collective efficacy beliefs in fostering such positive deviance in organizations. A robust literature demonstrates that collective beliefs enable excellence in a variety of sectors. This analysis synthesizes existing research to discuss how collective efficacy is considered across various disciplines. Collective efficacy-a group's belief in its capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to reach a specific goal-is understood to be an important organizational property because the strength of social institutions depends in part on communal ability and willingness to solve problems . Understanding the choices that individuals and groups make in pursuit of organizational goals is a key need for POS. Our purpose is to advance awareness of collective efficacy as a facet of POS by examining the connections among collective efficacy, organizational excellence, and leadership.
Purpose: Research shows that trust is significantly related to academic achievement. This study e... more Purpose: Research shows that trust is significantly related to academic achievement. This study expands knowledge of this connection in two ways. First, because a stratified, random sample of elementary schools from an entire state was used, the results have considerable generalizability. Second, this study tested the relationship between trust and achievement and assessed whether links between academic achievement, socioeconomic status (SES), and racial composition are mediated by the levels of trust teachers report in students and parents. Data Collection and Analysis: Schools were systematically randomly selected and stratified by location, prior achievement, SES, and size to represent all traditional public elementary schools across Michigan. Teachers responded to surveys measuring the levels of trust in schools. A path analysis was conducted at the school level to model variation in trust and the proportion of students passing the state mathematics and reading assessments. Findings: Using path analysis and controlling for measures of school context, greater trust was associated with increased school achievement in mathematics and reading on state assessments used for accountability purposes. Also, school SES, racial composition, and size were indirectly related
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