Best practice of conflict management among principals of excellent secondary schools, Malaysia

This study discusses the best practice of conflict management among principals of Excellent Secondary Schools, Malaysia. The study involved 1020 respondents comprises seniorteachers, teacher-administrators, teachers, and, counsellors. The instrument used was survey questionnaire and data was proc...

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Main Authors: Salleh, Mohamad Johdi, Safarali, Kadamov
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: 2015
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/44840/4/dr_johdi.pdf
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description This study discusses the best practice of conflict management among principals of Excellent Secondary Schools, Malaysia. The study involved 1020 respondents comprises seniorteachers, teacher-administrators, teachers, and, counsellors. The instrument used was survey questionnaire and data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science version 16.0 for Windows. The study was mainly based on Rahim (2001) and Thomas and Kilmann (2008) conflict-handling modes. The findings of the study indicate that the best practice of conflict management among principals of Excellent Secondary Schools in Malaysia was on domain ‘Collaborating’ with mean 4.1434, the second highest was ’Compromising’ with mean 3.8834 and the third highest was ’Empowerment’ with mean 3.8400. It is hoped that the findings of this study may guide the principals, teacher-administrators, educational leaders, teachers, and all groups or individuals in educational organizations to manage conflicts wisely and successfully towards the harmonious working environment with optimum productivity towards realisation of Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025.
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spelling iium-448402025-03-14T07:42:33Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44840/ Best practice of conflict management among principals of excellent secondary schools, Malaysia Salleh, Mohamad Johdi Safarali, Kadamov L Education (General) LB2801 School administration and organization This study discusses the best practice of conflict management among principals of Excellent Secondary Schools, Malaysia. The study involved 1020 respondents comprises seniorteachers, teacher-administrators, teachers, and, counsellors. The instrument used was survey questionnaire and data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science version 16.0 for Windows. The study was mainly based on Rahim (2001) and Thomas and Kilmann (2008) conflict-handling modes. The findings of the study indicate that the best practice of conflict management among principals of Excellent Secondary Schools in Malaysia was on domain ‘Collaborating’ with mean 4.1434, the second highest was ’Compromising’ with mean 3.8834 and the third highest was ’Empowerment’ with mean 3.8400. It is hoped that the findings of this study may guide the principals, teacher-administrators, educational leaders, teachers, and all groups or individuals in educational organizations to manage conflicts wisely and successfully towards the harmonious working environment with optimum productivity towards realisation of Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025. 2015-09 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44840/1/Full_Paper_-_MEDC_UTHM_2015_-_Conflict_Management_among_Principals_of_Excellent_Secondary_Schools.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44840/4/dr_johdi.pdf Salleh, Mohamad Johdi and Safarali, Kadamov (2015) Best practice of conflict management among principals of excellent secondary schools, Malaysia. In: Seminar Kebangsaan Majlis Dekan-Dekan Pendidikan Universiti Awam (2015), 14th-15th Sept. 2015, University Tun Hussein Onn, Batu Pahat, Johor. http://fptv.uthm.edu.my/seminarmajlisdekan2015/index.php/jadual-pembentangan-selari
spellingShingle L Education (General)
LB2801 School administration and organization
Salleh, Mohamad Johdi
Safarali, Kadamov
Best practice of conflict management among principals of excellent secondary schools, Malaysia
title Best practice of conflict management among principals of excellent secondary schools, Malaysia
title_full Best practice of conflict management among principals of excellent secondary schools, Malaysia
title_fullStr Best practice of conflict management among principals of excellent secondary schools, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Best practice of conflict management among principals of excellent secondary schools, Malaysia
title_short Best practice of conflict management among principals of excellent secondary schools, Malaysia
title_sort best practice of conflict management among principals of excellent secondary schools, malaysia
topic L Education (General)
LB2801 School administration and organization
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/44840/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/44840/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/44840/1/Full_Paper_-_MEDC_UTHM_2015_-_Conflict_Management_among_Principals_of_Excellent_Secondary_Schools.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/44840/4/dr_johdi.pdf