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The Link between the Process of Change and Coaching in an Organization--A Case Study
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Jim, Josephine – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2016
The aim of this case study was to highlight coaching in the process of change using a real life information technology and operational change project in an institution. It demonstrates the critical importance of coaching in change management, for successful change to occur. Any sustaining change requires ongoing coaching as an integral part of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Coaching (Performance), Organizational Change, Information Technology
Efficacy of a Universal Parent Training Program (HOPE-20): Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
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Leung, Cynthia; Tsang, Sandra; Kwan, H. W. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: This study examined the efficacy of Hands-On Parent Empowerment-20 (HOPE-20) program. Methods: Eligible participants were parents residing in Hong Kong with target children aged 2 years attending nursery schools. Cluster randomized control trial was adopted, with 10 schools (110 participants) assigned to intervention group and 8 schools…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Program Effectiveness, Randomized Controlled Trials, Empowerment
Preparing School Leaders: The Professional Development Needs of Newly Appointed Principals
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Ng, Shun-wing; Szeto, Sing-ying Elson – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
In Hong Kong, there is an acute need to provide newly appointed principals with opportunities for continuous professional development so that they could face the impact of reforms and globalization on school development. The Education Bureau has commissioned the tertiary institutions to provide structured professional development courses to cater…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Principals, Professional Development, Leadership Training
Lost Leaders: Women in the Global Academy
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Morley, Louise – Higher Education Research and Development, 2014
Drawing on data gathered from British Council seminars in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Dubai on "Absent Talent: Women in Research and Academic Leadership" (2012-2013), this paper discusses academic women's experiences and explanations for women's under-representation as knowledge leaders and producers in the global academy. Participants from…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, Women Faculty, Instructional Leadership, Females
Building Collaborative Structures for Teachers' Autonomy and Self-Efficacy: The Mediating Role of Participative Management and Learning Culture
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Lu, Jiafang; Jiang, Xinhui; Yu, Huen; Li, Dongyu – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
This study focused on the collaborative structure-building behavior of school principals and examined how such behavior affects teacher empowerment. More important, it tested the mediating effects of participative management and learning culture. By collecting nested data from 104 schools in Hong Kong and adopting multilevel structural equation…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Professional Autonomy, Teacher Empowerment, Principals
Evaluation of a Program to Educate Disadvantaged Parents to Enhance Child Learning
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Leung, Cynthia; Tsang, Sandra; Dean, Suzanne – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
This study reported a pilot trial of the Hands-On Parent Empowerment (HOPE) program, a 30-session program designed to instruct parents from disadvantaged backgrounds how to teach learning skills to their preschool children. The participants included 13 parents who newly migrated into Hong Kong from mainland China. The parents were required to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Self Efficacy, Disadvantaged