Discretionary behavior and performance in educational organizations : the missing link in educational leadership and management / edited by Ibrahim Duyar, Anthony H. Normore.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I Theoretical Foundations of Discretionary Behavior -- Chapter 1 The Relationship Between the Four Branch Model of Emotional Intelligence and Discretionary Behavior of University Educators / David L. Turnipseed Turnipseed, David L., Elizabeth VandeWaa VandeWaa, Elizabeth 3 -- Chapter 2 Teachers' Organizational Citizenship Behavior: An Empirical Examination of the Subjective and Dynamic Nature of the Boundary Between In-Role and Extra-Role Behavior / Elena Belogolovsky Belogolovsky, Elena, Anit Somech Somech, Anit 31 -- Chapter 3 Organizational Citizenship Behaviors of Teachers: Antecedents, Transformational Leadership, and Contradictions / Nancy L. Ras Ras, Nancy L. 61 -- Chapter 4 Performance Beyond Expectations: A Closer Look at Teachers' Task Performance, Discretionary Performance, and Career Aspirations / Ibrahim Duyar Duyar, Ibrahim, Anthony H. Normore Normore, Anthony H. 87 -- Chapter 5 Relationship Between Demographic Variables and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Among Community College Lecturers / Noriah Abdul Malek Malek, Noriah Abdul, Fatt Hee Tie Tie, Fatt Hee 117 -- Part II Applications of Discretionary Behavior in Educational Organizations -- Chapter 6 Nature of Leadership Discretions and Sustain Ability of Educational Innovations: Critical Connections / Tamara Savelyeva Savelyeva, Tamara, Yeung Lee Lee, Yeung 141 -- Chapter 7 Coalface Academic Leadership in Australian Higher Education: Discretionary Behaviour Through Empowerment / Judy Nagy Nagy, Judy 169 -- Chapter 8 What we Do Here is Who We are: Teacher Discretionary Behavior as Social Identification / Nancy L. Ras Ras, Nancy L. 197 -- Chapter 9 The Relationship Between Organizational Justice, Organizational Trust and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in Secondary Schools in Turkey / Kursad Yilmaz Yilmaz, Kursad, Yahya Altinkurt Altinkurt, Yahya 223 -- Chapter 10 Teachers Supervising Teaching Assistants: Assigned Role or Discretionary Behaviour? Reflections from the United Kingdom / Jill Morgan Morgan, Jill, Betty Y. Ashbaker Ashbaker, Betty Y. 249 -- Part III Conclusions and Implications for Future Research -- Chapter 11 The Possible Consequences of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in Drug and Alcohol Prevention Education: Some Insights from Israeli Teachers and Principals / Izhar Oplatka Oplatka, Izhar 277 -- Chapter 12 What Do We Know About Assistant Principals? A Cross-National Examination of the Factors Affecting Task Performance, Discretionary Performance, and the Future Career Aspirations of Assistant Principals / Ibrahim Duyar Duyar, Ibrahim, Inayet Aydin Aydin, Inayet 299.

This volume's focus on the theoratical foundations and coneptual underpinnings of discretionary behavior in educational contexts is unique. It not only offers studies of organizational citizenship and other discretionary behaviors, but also studies of the proactive behaviors and initiatives that result from these discretionary behaviors in educational contexts.