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Eliyahu, Noy; Karayanni-Ounallah, Rania; Somech, Anit; Bogler, Ronit – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2022
This study investigated the phenomenon of citizenship pressure (CP) in schools. CP in the school setting is a job demand that causes teachers to feel pressured to contribute above and beyond the call of duty. We scrutinized whether teacher subject team CP is translated to team organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). We also examined the impact…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Institutional Characteristics, Citizenship, Teacher Attitudes
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Gilad-Hai, Smadar; Somech, Anit – Journal of Educational Administration, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of implementing innovation in experimental schools (focussing on R & D) for school effectiveness post-intervention (five years). Based on theoretical models of social exchange and "conservation of resources" (Hobfoll, 1989), the authors focussed on assessing the…
Descriptors: Experimental Schools, Educational Innovation, School Effectiveness, Intervention
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Somech, Anit – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) is defined as performance that supports the social and psychological environment in which a task is conducted. Teachers' OCB can be directed toward particular individuals (OCBI) and/or toward the organization (OCBO). Despite their beneficial impact on school, these could entail personal costs for the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Role, Stress Variables
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Nutov, Liora; Somech, Anit – Journal of School Leadership, 2017
Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) refers to all behaviors outside the formal role definition but which contribute to organizational functioning and performance. To date research has focused on teachers' OCB in an attempt to identify the causes and consequences of such behavior for the individual and the organization. Questions that have…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Citizenship, Educational Environment
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Ben Sasson, Dvora; Somech, Anit – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
To fill the gap in theoretical and empirical knowledge on workplace aggression by teachers working in teams, this study explored its components, its targets, and its contextual determinants. Data were collected through three observations at different schools and at different times on 29 math, homeroom, language, and science studies teams.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Teacher Behavior, Teamwork, Work Environment
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Rosenblatt, Zehava; Somech, Anit – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1998
Examines 94 Israeli elementary school principals's work behavior, using a structured observation technique. Principals exhibited certain work characteristics (brevity, variety, fragmentation) supported in other research. They differed from conventional job descriptions in demonstrating internally oriented social (but not political) inclinations,…
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Cultural Influences, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries