'Getting on the Balcony to See the Patterns on the Dance Floor below': Considering Organizational Culture in a University-School-Community Collaboration

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Title: 'Getting on the Balcony to See the Patterns on the Dance Floor below': Considering Organizational Culture in a University-School-Community Collaboration
Language: English
Authors: Miller, Peter M.
Source: Journal of School Leadership. Mar 2007 17(2):222-245.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Physical Description: PDF
Page Count: 24
Publication Date: 2007
Intended Audience: Community; Administrators
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Partnerships in Education, Qualitative Research, Context Effect, Goal Orientation, School Community Relationship, Cultural Awareness
ISSN: 1052-6846
Abstract: Organizational issues are of particular importance in the planning of university-school-community partnerships because in their efforts to pool resources for the attainment of mutually agreed-on ends, it is evident that partnership participants commonly operate in diverse living, schooling, and working environments. This qualitative study sought to learn how differences in organizational cultures affect a university-school-community partnership as it seeks to achieve mutually agreed-on goals. Guided by Schein's (1990b) theoretical framework, the findings indicate that the partnership was significantly affected by the diversity of its partners' cultural artifacts, values, and basic underlying assumptions and that leadership plays a vital role in negotiating these differences. (Contains 1 figure and 1 note.)
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 74
Entry Date: 2008
Access URL: https://www.rowman.com/Page/JSL
Accession Number: EJ807378
Database: ERIC
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