ABSTRACT

This volume develops a theoretical and critical foundation for understanding "maladministration"—the phenomena of harmful administrative and organisational behaviours in educational systems. Chapter authors provide theoretical and practice-based perspectives across international contexts regarding common destructive practices that occur in educational organisations, such as negligence and mistreatment of people, professional dishonesty, fraud and embezzlement, abuse of power, and corrupt organisational cultures. International Perspectives on Maladministration in Education shines a light on this complex topic by examining various practices at individual, group, organisational, and system levels; the contexts and influences that give rise to them; and potential remedies to ensure more accountable, just, and safe institutions.

chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

The Landscape of Maladministration in Education

part I|60 pages

Foundational Theories and Models

chapter 2|14 pages

The Total Toxic Institution

When Organisations Fail Psychologically, Socially, and Morally

chapter 4|15 pages

Maladministration in the UK Education System

A Sociolinguistic Perspective

chapter 5|14 pages

Systemic Maladministration in the Digital Age

Serving the Individual or Bureaucracy in Educational Administration?

part II|40 pages

Researching and Teaching the Dark Side

chapter 6|14 pages

Beyond the Normative

Theorising Maladministration Relationally

chapter 8|14 pages

Foundational Understandings of the ‘Dark Side’ of Leadership

Can Machiavelli, in Neoliberal Times, Assist Graduate Readings of the Word and World?

part III|97 pages

Contemporary Issues and Cases Internationally

chapter 9|18 pages

The Intersectionality of Leadership

International Considerations

chapter 11|18 pages

The Good School/The Bad Head Teacher

Neo-Managerialism and the Re-Making of the Head Teacher

chapter 14|14 pages

Workplace Bullying in Schools

An Ecological Perspective