Conflicts viewed through the micro-political lens: beginning teachers’ coping strategies for emotionally challenging situations
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DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2019.1633559
Abstract: ABSTRACT The aim of the present study was to use the narratives of beginning teachers to investigate the emotionally challenging situations they face, with a focus on how their perspectives and definitions of such situations… read more here.
Keywords: micro political; conflicts viewed; challenging situations; viewed micro ... See more keywords
Micro-political practices in higher education: a challenge to excellence as a rationalising myth?
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DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2017.1381629
Abstract: ABSTRACT Excellence has become a ‘hoorah’ word which is widely used in higher education institutions to legitimate practices related to the recruitment/progression of staff. It can be seen as reflecting an institutionalised belief that such… read more here.
Keywords: micro political; rationalising myth; political practices; higher education ... See more keywords
Encounters of newly qualified teachers with micro-politics in primary schools in Zimbabwe
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DOI: 10.15700/saje.v37n2a1264
Abstract: This article demonstrates, through the example of Zimbabwe, the complexities of micro-political learning during induction. It reports on the experiences of ten newly qualified teachers with micro-politics or power relations in their schools during induction… read more here.
Keywords: micro politics; micro political; qualified teachers; teachers micro ... See more keywords