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A Discourse of "Performativities" and "Fabrications" in Performance Management for Teachers: An Australian Perspective
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Naidu, Sham – Online Submission, 2012
Performance Management clearly illustrates an attempt by the State to control the work of teachers by making them more efficient, more effective and more accountable. This article will critically scrutinise this bureaucratic process and amplify the voices of those being controlled and will highlight first-hand accounts of how teachers employ…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Personnel Management, Teachers, Evaluation
Austerity, Ontario and Post-Secondary Education: The Case of "Canada's Capital University"
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Fanelli, Carlo; Meades, James – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2011
As austerity measures intensify around the world, the axe has come down particularly hard on post-secondary education (PSE). So-called education "reform" has shown itself to be a lightning rod for confrontation. In order to deal with unprecedented government budget shortfalls, caused, it must be recalled, by the lead agents of the…
Descriptors: Working Class, Privatization, Private Sector, Collective Bargaining
Capitalism, Identity Politics, and Queerness Converge: LGBT Employee Resource Groups
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Githens, Rod P. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2009
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employee resource groups have brought about substantial organizational change within corporations. Capitalist structures have enabled these changes to occur more quickly in the private sector than within the public sector. In this article, I explore how capitalism has converged with two approaches of…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Employees, Private Sector, Organizational Change
Education, Horizontal Inequalities and Ethnic Relations in Nigeria
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Ukiwo, Ukoha – International Journal of Educational Development, 2007
The article focuses on the role of higher education in generating or mitigating inequality among ethno-regional groups and its impact on ethnic relations with evidence from Nigeria. It shows that access to education in Nigeria has been politicised. This is because of the perceived role of education in engendering political and socio-economic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Role of Education, Public Service
Job Satisfaction and Burnout among Greek Early Educators: A Comparison between Public and Private Sector Employees
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Tsigilis, Nikolaos; Zachopoulou, Evridiki; Grammatikopoulos, Vasilios – Educational Research and Reviews, 2006
The purpose of the present study was to examine perceived levels of burnout and job satisfaction of Greek early educators, across public and private sector. One hundred and seventy eight childhood educators participated in the study. 108 were working in the public sector, 67 in private sector, whereas three did not respond. Participants were…
Descriptors: Employees, Private Sector, Fatigue (Biology), Job Satisfaction
The Psychological Contract and Individual Differences: The Role of Exchange and Creditor Ideologies
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Coyle-Shapiro, Jacqueline A-M.; Neuman, Joel H. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2004
The present study examines exchange and creditor ideologies (two dispositional characteristics that are strongly related to exchange relationships) and their moderating effects on the psychological contract. Five hundred public-sector employees were studied over a 3-year period. Respondents' were surveyed as to their perceptions of what they…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Ideology, Public Sector, Perception