Integrity in leadership is regarded as an important quality by the academic literature, by the practitioner and by the popular press alike. Given its lauded position this research argues that integrity is not just desirable in a manager, it is also an image desired by the manager and that it is a part the manager¡¦s professional image construction. This research uses a mixed methods approach to investigate integrity as an image goal and examines dispositional and situational factors on the manager¡¦s side of the relationship that effect the presentation of this image goal. Analysis of semi-structured interviews established that managers are aware of the importance of integrity and that it is seen both as a desirable image and in need of maintenance. Survey results found no main effects between behavioral integrity and the dispositional variable, self-monitoring. Investigating contingent factors this study showed that the relationship was moderated by job demands such that in situations of high job demands high self-monitors were perceived to be lower in behavioral integrity. Other contingent factors, multiple audiences and ethical guidelines, did not significantly moderate the relationship. The situational variable, distance, was shown to significantly affect the perception of the manager¡¦s integrity, where a reduction in distance led to an increase in behavioral integrity perceived by the subordinate. These results are discussed in combination with themes identified from the manager interviews and contribute to the understanding of the role of integrity for the manager and an understanding of how integrity is part of his professional image construct. The study indicated that while a manager may desire to present an image of integrity dispositional and situational factors might affect the success of this self-presentational goal. Implications and future research directions are presented.

Darbo tema: Sociologo profesijos įvaizdis (LEU akademinės bendruomenės atvejis). Temos problema, aktualumas ir naujumas. Nors sociologijos mokslas Lietuvoje dar palyginti jaunas, tačiau jo pastangos diagnozuoti socialinę realybę susilaukia vis didesnio visuomenės dėmesio. Sociologų darbo rezultatų pateikimas visuomenei tapo kasdienybe. Beveik nebeužduodamas klausimas, ką eilinis gyventojas žino apie pačią sociologiją? Kaip patys sociologai vertina savo vietą visuomenėje? Tačiau sociologai šiuos ir kitus klausimus turėtų užduoti ir analizuoti nuolat dėl refleksyvumo, kurį pabrėžia garsiausi pasaulio sociologai. Sociologas tyrinėja visuomenę, kurios dalis pats yra. Todėl, kaip ir daugeliui kitų socialinių mokslų atstovų, sociologui kyla būtinybė išlikti objektyviam, apmąstyti savo veiklą ir veiklos rezultatus. Nors sociologai yra paskelbę mokslinių publikacijų apie sociologijos istorijos tyrimus Lietuvoje, sociologijos studijų Lietuvos aukštosiose mokyklose temomis, atlikta šalies sociologų darbų suvestinė. Tai yra svarbus indėlis sociologijos refleksijos srityje, tačiau vis dėlto mūsų visuomenėje stokojama dėmesio pačiai sociologijos sričiai bei šioje srityje dirbantiems profesionalams. Šiame magistro darbe bus atskleisti mažai tyrinėti temos aspektai: koks yra suformuotas sociologo profesijos įvaizdis LEU akademinėje bendruomenėje – tarp sociologų ir ne sociologų. Bus bandoma išaiškinti, kokie sociologo profesiojos įvaizdžiai vyrauja tarp studentų ir dėstytojų. Tad darbo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Work topic: sociologist profession image (the case of Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences academic community). Problem, importance and newness. Despite the fact that sociology in Lithuania is still quite a young science, more and more attention is being paid to its trials to identify social reality. Providing the society with the results of sociologists has become standart. However, the question what an ordinary citizen knows about the sociology itself has not been raised. How is the sociology place in the society evaluated by sociologists themselves? This question, however, should be posed because of continuous reflection emphasised by the most famous world sociologists. Sociologists investigate the society whose part they are. This is the reason why a sociologist should remain objective, reflect on their activities and their results as representatives of any social sciences has to. The sociologists have declared academic works on the findings of the history of sociology in Lithuania, social studies in Lithuania high schools; also, the summary of Lithuanian sociologists works has been completed. Inspite of the fact that all those achievements is a great contribution to sociology reflection field, there is still too little attentiveness to the sociology field itself and to professionals working in this field. This master paper has covered the aspects of the topic which have not been well analyzed: a sociologist proofession image in LUES academic community –... [to full text]

Student Number : 0317854T - MEd research report - School of Education - Faculty of Humanities / School effectiveness and school improvement research is a worldwide phenomenon that has inspired a great deal of literature. This report examines teachers’ perceptions of a teacher-led curriculum development initiative currently effective in independent schools in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, and it describes strategies for implementation for interested schools. It is a programme that focuses school improvement back into the classroom, with teachers leading the changes at their site of practice. The Gauteng Independent Schools Curriculum Development Initiative (GISCDI) is a teacher-led initiative. Qualitative research generates an understanding of how the mechanisms of this initiative impact on the lives of teachers and students. It provides detailed explanations of teachers’ perceptions of change in actual classroom practices, pedagogy and curriculum implementation by entering into conversations with selected participants. It considers the changes in light of reflective practice, after involvement in the GISCDI. The report accesses the different methodologies the teachers implemented in their classrooms, after the teacher-led interventions were presented to them. It also considers the concepts of teacher leadership, trust, distributed leadership and collegiality as being the core elements to initiating, implementing and sustaining change in practice, to benefit student learning and improving schools.

Esta pesquisa foca a imagem profissional do professor de educação física, considerando a notoriedade que essa profissão adquiriu na televisão ao longo dos últimos anos. O objetivo é explicitar alguns dos sentidos relacionados à abordagem da educação física presente no contexto de duas programações exibidas pela Rede Globo de televisão. A primeira foi retirada da décima oitava temporada da telenovela Malhação, e a segunda do quadro MEDIDA CERTA/ 90 DIAS PARA REPROGRAMAR O CORPO exibido pelo programa Fantástico no ano de 2011. A coleta dos dados ocorreu através do acesso ao site da emissora, que disponibiliza por um determinado tempo, os capítulos da telenovela, bem como as edições do quadro em foco. O método utilizado para nortear a análise do processo de produção dos sentidos foi o referencial teórico da Análise do Discurso segundo a perspectiva de Orlandi. Esse método nos permite percorrer trajetórias capazes de evidenciar sentidos explícitos e implícitos coexistentes no discurso. Assim foram trilhados caminhos específicos para compreensão de cada fenômeno, ou seja, para os dados retirados de Malhação lançamos mão da transcrição de diálogos, apresentação de cenas e consideração dos planos de câmera utilizados em sua produção. Para os dados provenientes do quadro MEDIDA CERTA, realizamos transcrição de falas e construímos categorias, que foram analisadas a partir de uma grade já existente, considerando o título, quem fala, o que é dito, o intermediário e as estratégias utilizadas para publicação do discurso. Quanto aos resultados, foi possível evidenciar que os sentidos relativos à educação física presentes na décima oitava temporada de Malhação foram inspirados basicamente no paradigma competitivo da área. Também foram conservados estereótipos ultrapassados acerca do profissional e da profissão, pois, os sentidos relativos ao professor de educação física idoso foram reduzidos à potencialização de características ligadas à desatualização. E no que confere aos resultados obtidos com a análise do segundo fenômeno, clarificamos que a educação física foi abordada com a utilização do discurso científico, a partir de estratégias pautadas no exemplo testado pelos jornalistas, e oferecidos aos telespectadores. A proposta presente no quadro MEDIDA CERTA colaborou para o entendimento de uma educação física baseada na perspectiva biológica, que se estabelece frente à imposição de um risco ao sujeito, se valorizando como fonte de salvação e encontrando-se fragmentada das questões sociais. As análises de ambos os fenômenos evidenciam significados que permeiam a educação física representada na mídia no atual momento histórico, propiciando também reflexões sobre alguns dos princípios que regem a elaboração de práticas corporais no âmbito da educação física. / This research focuses on the professional image of the physical education teacher, considering the notoriety that this profession has acquired on television in the last years. The purpose is to clarify some of the meanings related to the approach of physical education in the context of two programs aired by television channel Rede Globo. The first was based on the eighteenth season of the television series/soap opera "Malhação" and the second on TV frame Medida Certa Measure right / 90 days to reset the body", displayed by the program Fantástico in 2011. The data had taken through access to the TV channel website, which provides for a certain period, the chapters of the mentioned soap opera, as well as editions of that TV show. The method used to guide the analysis of the production process of the senses was the theoretical referential of Discourse Analysis from the perspective of Orlandi. This method allows us to tread ways able to show the explicit and implicit senses coexisting in the speech. So were trodden paths to specific understanding of each phenomenon, that is, for data taken from Malhação were used transcription of dialogues, scenes of presentation and consideration of the camera plans used in their production. For the data from the TV frame Medida Certa were used transcription lines and construction of categories analyzed from an existing grid, considering the title, the speaker, what is said, the intermediary and the strategies used for publication of speech. The results became clear that the senses concerning the physical education present in the eighteenth season of Malhação were inspired by the competitive paradigm area. The outdated stereotypes about the professional and profession were also preserved because the sense for the elderly professor of physical education has been reduced to augmentation of features related to academic outdated. In addition, the results obtained from the analysis of the second phenomenon could clarify that physical education has been dealt with the use of scientific discourse from strategies ruled by examples tested by journalists and offered to viewers. The proposal contained in the TV frame Medida Certa contributed to the representation of physical education as a profession based on biological perspective that is established against the imposition of a risk to the subject, rising as a source of salvation and being separated from cultural and social issues. Besides highlighting meanings that allude to physical education represented in the media in the current moment, the study provided reflections about some principles that regulate the establishment of bodily practices in physical education.

The purpose of this study was to examine the self-perception of leadership styles of practicing female superintendents in Texas and how their preferred leadership style affected their performance. The study posed the following questions:(1) What are the preferred leadership styles of the practicing female superintendents in Texas as measured by Bolman & Deal’s (2003) four frames of leadership? (2) What are the predominant behaviors that female superintendents in Texas identify within each frame of leadership? (3) How do the preferred leadership styles and behaviors influence the superintendents’ every day performance? This study was relied on a mixed method approach, quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative component involved surveying 50 female superintendents, using the Leadership Orientations (Self-Report) survey (Bolman & Deal, 1990). The qualitative component included a semi-structured interview which asked follow up questions with six selected female superintendents (two from rural, two from suburban, and two from urban districts) who consented to the interview regarding the influence of their leadership preferences. The findings suggest participants’ preferred leadership style relates to the Human Resource frame which include: being an inspirational leader, utilizing interpersonal skills, making good decisions; as well as, coaching and developing people. Findings also suggest that predominant behaviors include: supporting others, building trusting relationships through collaboration, and being participative. The preferred leadership styles and behaviors’ influence on female superintendents’ everyday performance resulted in embracing collaboration, being transparent, sharing a vision, being passionate, and building trusting relationships. Additionally, beliefs and behaviors that lead to success include: being honest, depersonalize the situations, education makes a difference, adopt flexibility, and power to make decisions. The characteristics that lead to success are: being spiritual, being organized, being committed, and willing to help others. Furthermore, the following advice was offered: learn to cope with high level of visibility, become knowledgeable of the district’s needs and characteristics, and develop a professional image. Finally, implications for aspiring female superintendents, superintendent preparation programs and school boards members are also presented. / text

Esta pesquisa foca a imagem profissional do professor de educação física, considerando a notoriedade que essa profissão adquiriu na televisão ao longo dos últimos anos. O objetivo é explicitar alguns dos sentidos relacionados à abordagem da educação física presente no contexto de duas programações exibidas pela Rede Globo de televisão. A primeira foi retirada da décima oitava temporada da telenovela Malhação, e a segunda do quadro MEDIDA CERTA/ 90 DIAS PARA REPROGRAMAR O CORPO exibido pelo programa Fantástico no ano de 2011. A coleta dos dados ocorreu através do acesso ao site da emissora, que disponibiliza por um determinado tempo, os capítulos da telenovela, bem como as edições do quadro em foco. O método utilizado para nortear a análise do processo de produção dos sentidos foi o referencial teórico da Análise do Discurso segundo a perspectiva de Orlandi. Esse método nos permite percorrer trajetórias capazes de evidenciar sentidos explícitos e implícitos coexistentes no discurso. Assim foram trilhados caminhos específicos para compreensão de cada fenômeno, ou seja, para os dados retirados de Malhação lançamos mão da transcrição de diálogos, apresentação de cenas e consideração dos planos de câmera utilizados em sua produção. Para os dados provenientes do quadro MEDIDA CERTA, realizamos transcrição de falas e construímos categorias, que foram analisadas a partir de uma grade já existente, considerando o título, quem fala, o que é dito, o intermediário e as estratégias utilizadas para publicação do discurso. Quanto aos resultados, foi possível evidenciar que os sentidos relativos à educação física presentes na décima oitava temporada de Malhação foram inspirados basicamente no paradigma competitivo da área. Também foram conservados estereótipos ultrapassados acerca do profissional e da profissão, pois, os sentidos relativos ao professor de educação física idoso foram reduzidos à potencialização de características ligadas à desatualização. E no que confere aos resultados obtidos com a análise do segundo fenômeno, clarificamos que a educação física foi abordada com a utilização do discurso científico, a partir de estratégias pautadas no exemplo testado pelos jornalistas, e oferecidos aos telespectadores. A proposta presente no quadro MEDIDA CERTA colaborou para o entendimento de uma educação física baseada na perspectiva biológica, que se estabelece frente à imposição de um risco ao sujeito, se valorizando como fonte de salvação e encontrando-se fragmentada das questões sociais. As análises de ambos os fenômenos evidenciam significados que permeiam a educação física representada na mídia no atual momento histórico, propiciando também reflexões sobre alguns dos princípios que regem a elaboração de práticas corporais no âmbito da educação física. / This research focuses on the professional image of the physical education teacher, considering the notoriety that this profession has acquired on television in the last years. The purpose is to clarify some of the meanings related to the approach of physical education in the context of two programs aired by television channel Rede Globo. The first was based on the eighteenth season of the television series/soap opera "Malhação" and the second on TV frame Medida Certa Measure right / 90 days to reset the body", displayed by the program Fantástico in 2011. The data had taken through access to the TV channel website, which provides for a certain period, the chapters of the mentioned soap opera, as well as editions of that TV show. The method used to guide the analysis of the production process of the senses was the theoretical referential of Discourse Analysis from the perspective of Orlandi. This method allows us to tread ways able to show the explicit and implicit senses coexisting in the speech. So were trodden paths to specific understanding of each phenomenon, that is, for data taken from Malhação were used transcription of dialogues, scenes of presentation and consideration of the camera plans used in their production. For the data from the TV frame Medida Certa were used transcription lines and construction of categories analyzed from an existing grid, considering the title, the speaker, what is said, the intermediary and the strategies used for publication of speech. The results became clear that the senses concerning the physical education present in the eighteenth season of Malhação were inspired by the competitive paradigm area. The outdated stereotypes about the professional and profession were also preserved because the sense for the elderly professor of physical education has been reduced to augmentation of features related to academic outdated. In addition, the results obtained from the analysis of the second phenomenon could clarify that physical education has been dealt with the use of scientific discourse from strategies ruled by examples tested by journalists and offered to viewers. The proposal contained in the TV frame Medida Certa contributed to the representation of physical education as a profession based on biological perspective that is established against the imposition of a risk to the subject, rising as a source of salvation and being separated from cultural and social issues. Besides highlighting meanings that allude to physical education represented in the media in the current moment, the study provided reflections about some principles that regulate the establishment of bodily practices in physical education.

The thesis deals with insufficiencies in the management and motivation of sales representatives. Based on an analysis of the present situation, it proposes measures to improve the performance and effectiveness of their work. The theoretical part contains findings from the field of managerial functions and motivation. The practical part analyses the present situation and, based on suggestions and recommendations, proposes changes that are important to ensure fulfilling the plan of a regional branch.

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Summary in Afrikaans and English / Hierdie verhandeling omvat 'n beskrywing van die ontstaan en ontwikkeling van die onderwysersvereniging wat vanaf 1893 onder meer as die Vereeniging vir Onderwijzers en Onderwijzeressen in de Z.A.R. (VVOOZA), die Vereeniging van Onderwijzers en Onderwijzeressen in Zuid-Afrika (VVOOZA) vanaf 1903 en sedert 1923 as die Transvaalse Onderwysersvereniging (TO) bekend gestaan het. Die klem val op uitsprake van TO-voorsitters en aktiwiteite wat deur die TO van stapel gestuur is ter bevordering van die professionaliteit en professionele status van onderwysers en onderwyseresse. Die verhandeling sluit ook 'n ontleding van en kritiese besinning oor die kenmerke van professionaliteit in. In die verband word gefokus op die verhouding van die TO met enkele onderwysbelanghebbendes, die bevordering van die professionele beeId van onderwysers/onderwysersesse en die beginsels wat die TO tydens salarisonderhandelinge gehandhaaf het. 'n Belangrike gevolgtrekking waartoe gekom word, is dat die TO vir meer as 100 jaar nie net professionaliteit in onderwysverband bevorder het nie, maar dat sy uitsprake en aktiwiteite op sigself getuig van 'n professionele ingesteldheid. / This thesis comprises an account of the origin and development of the teachers' association known from 1893 as the Vereeniging vir Onderwijzers en Onderwijzeressen in de Z.A.R. (VVOOZA), as the Vereeniging van Onderwijzers en Onderwijzeressen in Zuid-Afrika (VVOOZA) from 1903, and since 1923 as the Transvaalse Onderwysersvereniging (TO). The accent is on pronouncements of TO chairpersons and activities initiated by the TO to promote professional qualities among teachers and to secure professional status for them. The thesis also includes an analysis and critical consideration of the criteria of professionalism, with special reference to the relationship between the TO and roleplayers with an interest in education, the promotion of the professional image of teachers, and the principles upheld by the TO in salary negotiations. An important conclusion drawn is that for more than 100 years of its existence, the TO not only promoted professional qualities in the educational context, but epitomises professionalism in its pronouncements and activities. / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Historiese Opvoedkunde)

Summary in Afrikaans and English / Hierdie verhandeling omvat 'n beskrywing van die ontstaan en ontwikkeling van die onderwysersvereniging wat vanaf 1893 onder meer as die Vereeniging vir Onderwijzers en Onderwijzeressen in de Z.A.R. (VVOOZA), die Vereeniging van Onderwijzers en Onderwijzeressen in Zuid-Afrika (VVOOZA) vanaf 1903 en sedert 1923 as die Transvaalse Onderwysersvereniging (TO) bekend gestaan het. Die klem val op uitsprake van TO-voorsitters en aktiwiteite wat deur die TO van stapel gestuur is ter bevordering van die professionaliteit en professionele status van onderwysers en onderwyseresse. Die verhandeling sluit ook 'n ontleding van en kritiese besinning oor die kenmerke van professionaliteit in. In die verband word gefokus op die verhouding van die TO met enkele onderwysbelanghebbendes, die bevordering van die professionele beeId van onderwysers/onderwysersesse en die beginsels wat die TO tydens salarisonderhandelinge gehandhaaf het. 'n Belangrike gevolgtrekking waartoe gekom word, is dat die TO vir meer as 100 jaar nie net professionaliteit in onderwysverband bevorder het nie, maar dat sy uitsprake en aktiwiteite op sigself getuig van 'n professionele ingesteldheid. / This thesis comprises an account of the origin and development of the teachers' association known from 1893 as the Vereeniging vir Onderwijzers en Onderwijzeressen in de Z.A.R. (VVOOZA), as the Vereeniging van Onderwijzers en Onderwijzeressen in Zuid-Afrika (VVOOZA) from 1903, and since 1923 as the Transvaalse Onderwysersvereniging (TO). The accent is on pronouncements of TO chairpersons and activities initiated by the TO to promote professional qualities among teachers and to secure professional status for them. The thesis also includes an analysis and critical consideration of the criteria of professionalism, with special reference to the relationship between the TO and roleplayers with an interest in education, the promotion of the professional image of teachers, and the principles upheld by the TO in salary negotiations. An important conclusion drawn is that for more than 100 years of its existence, the TO not only promoted professional qualities in the educational context, but epitomises professionalism in its pronouncements and activities. / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Historiese Opvoedkunde)