Examining School Environmental Constraints: A Comparative Study of Manitoba and Hong Kong Schools
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Comparative education, Contingency theory, Educational administration, Manitoba, Hong KongAbstract
Empirical study of environmental constraints on organizational adaptation, using both contingency theory and a School Environmental Constraint Instrument (SECI), showed that Manitoba and Hong Kong public school systems operated in environments whose characteristics and constraints were region-specific. Indeed, some adaptations of the systems were inconsistent with contingency theory.
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