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Tsang, Kwok Kuen – Chinese Education & Society, 2018
Since the mid 1990s, teacher burnout has become a crucial phenomenon in the Hong Kong education system, as increasing numbers of Hong Kong teachers have been reported as stressed, exhausted, and depersonalized in their teaching. In the Hong Kong community, including the academic circle, many people have applied the psychological theory of burnout…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Burnout, Social Problems, Educational Change
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Wong, Ka-Ying; Wan, Po-San – Social Indicators Research, 2009
This article makes use of survey data collected in 1992 and 2007 to examine the question of whether or not Postmaterialism is gradually becoming manifest in Hong Kong and to explore the applicability of Postmaterialist theory to this affluent Chinese society. Our findings basically support the hypotheses of the theory that the continued…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Surveys, Social Indicators, Social Environment
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Jabal, Eric – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2006
A secondary analysis of interview and survey data was undertaken to explore what could be learnt about school leadership from international schools alumni. Using a framework of "values-led contingency" leadership, three features of effective principalship guide the analysis. The results highlight three salutary lessons for school…
Descriptors: International Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Alumni, Foreign Countries