The Relationship Between an Effective Organizational Culture and Student Discipline in a Boarding School  

Oleh:

Westhuizen, Philip C. van der ; Oosthuizen, Izak

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Education And Urban Society vol. 40 no. 02 (Jan. 2008), page 205-225.
Topik: organizational culture; discipline; boarding schools
Fulltext: 205.pdf (113.51KB)

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This article investigates the relationship between effective organizational culture and student discipline in a boys’ boarding house at an urban South African school. Ethnographical methods (observation and interviews) were employed. The study reports on the results pertaining to organizational culture, namely, tangible manifestations of the organizational culture, that is, traditions, ceremonies, symbols, and the external and internal appearance of the boarding house. It also reports on the intangible manifestations, that is, students’ and teachers’ beliefs and the mission, vision, values, and norms of the boarding house itself. In conclusion, an explanation is tendered for the positive relationship that can be shown to exist between the organizational culture and learner discipline.

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