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Accountability and Culture of School Teachers and Principals: An Eight-country Comparative Study
Acknowledgments
Preoccupation with educational accountability as a panacea for educational ills
Development of accountability theory
Teachers’ and principals’ accountability: theoretical background
Conceptualizing accountability
Accountability: definition and foundations
Accountability as a subjective concept
Accountability dimensions: external and internal
Accountability audiences
Accountability measurement
Accountability and cultural values
Cultural values and organizational behavior
Cultural values: individualism and collectivism
Accountability and its relationship to individualism and collectivism
Accountability and country-level individualism and collectivism
Accountability and organizational support
Study methods
Data collection
Study measures
External and internal accountability
Individualism and collectivism
Analytical approach
Appendix 3.1: handling of missing data
Appendix 3.2: the questionnaires used in the study (English version)
Appendix 3.3: psychometric and questionnaire position of study variables
Appendix 3.4: check on leveled structure teacher data
Appendix 3.5a: models for teachers’ external accountability
Appendix 3.5b: models for teachers’ internal accountability
Appendix 3.6a: models for teachers’ accountability toward parents
Appendix 3.6b: models for teachers’ accountability toward school management
Study findings
Accountability distribution
Cultural values distribution
Organizational support distribution
Prediction of teachers’ and principals’ external and internal accountability
Prediction of accountability: summary
Discussion of study findings
The two dimensions of accountability: external and internal
Accountability audiences: parents and school management
Effect of principals’ accountability on teachers’ accountability
Predicting accountability by personal individualism and collectivism
Accountability at a country level
Organizational support as a predictor of accountability disposition
Concluding thoughts
Educators’ accountability versus school accountability
Focus on internal accountability
Cultural values and accountability – theoretical and practical implications
The contingent role of the accountability audience
Team accountability: a future research direction
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