The Relationship between an Effective Organizational Culture and Student Discipline in a Boarding School

Autor/inn/en	van der Westhuizen, Philip C.; Oosthuizen, Izak; Wolhuter, C. C.
Titel	The Relationship between an Effective Organizational Culture and Student Discipline in a Boarding School
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 40 (2008) 2, S.205-225 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124507303992
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Boarding Schools; Organizational Culture; Ceremonies; Ethnography; Urban Schools; Students; Discipline; Males; Folk Culture; Student Subcultures; Secondary Education; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Boarding school; Internat; Unternehmenskultur; Zeremoniell; Ethnografie; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Disziplin; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Sekundarbereich; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This article investigates the relationship between effective organizational culture and student discipline in a boys' boarding house at an urban South African school. Ethnographical methods (observation and interviews) were employed. The study reports on the results pertaining to organizational culture, namely, tangible manifestations of the organizational culture, that is, traditions, ceremonies, symbols, and the external and internal appearance of the boarding house. It also reports on the intangible manifestations, that is, students' and teachers' beliefs and the mission, vision, values, and norms of the boarding house itself. In conclusion, an explanation is tendered for the positive relationship that can be shown to exist between the organizational culture and learner discipline. (Contains 2 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10