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School autonomy policies lead to increases in principal autonomy and job satisfaction
Horwood, Marcus Parker, Philip D. Marsh, Herbert W. Guo, Jiesi Dicke, Theresa
Horwood, Marcus
Parker, Philip D.
Marsh, Herbert W.
Guo, Jiesi
Dicke, Theresa
Abstract
We explore whether decentralization of decision-making influences school principals’ subjective experience of autonomy, job demands, burnout, and job satisfaction. Using six-years of longitudinal data, we used two Australian education reforms as a natural experiment of the effect of decentralization. Exploiting state-to-state variation in the policies, we used difference-in-differences models, finding that the decentralization policies had a small influence on increasing self-perceptions of autonomy without increasing job demands. We also found that the policies had a small positive effect on job satisfaction.
Keywords
education policy, autonomy, school principals, burnout, job demands
Date
2022
Type
Journal article
Journal
International Journal of Educational Research
Book
Volume
115
Issue
Page Range
1-10
Article Number
Article 102048
ACU Department
Faculty of Education and Arts
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
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Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
License
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
File Access
Open