Identifying and Establishing Strong Positive Culture in St. Mary's College of Meycauayan

Authors

  • Cristina A. Herrera
  • Liberty A. Ong
  • Ana Michelle S. Ricalde

Keywords:

school culture, typology, consensus, contrived collegiality, comfortable collaboration, collaborative

Abstract

The research focused on identification of the present school culture as perceived by employees and determining if there is perspective difference on the rate responses of two independent raters: the Administrators and the Faculty/ Non-Teaching Personnel. The researchers utilised the Culture Typology Activity by Gruenertand Valentine (1997) given to 17 Administrators and 56 members of the Faculty/ NTP. Moreover, descriptive and inferential designs were utilised. The accumulated rates were interpreted using ranks, mean, Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test and Kendall's Concordance. The researchers found out that the Administrators perceived the school culture as Collaborative, while, the Faculty/ NTP perceived it as Contrived Collegiality. Utilisinginferential statistics, both perceptions of the Administrators and the Faculty/ NTPhave difference pertaining to each typology resulting Contrived Collegiality as identified culture typology. It was concluded that Contrived Collegiality shows collaboration in the workplace; however, the Administrators are still in control of structuring vision and mission accomplishment, policies, and decision making. Thus, it is recommended to check and validate the typology rates including other school's stakeholders; provide reflections upon the impact Contrived Collegiality on student success; design programs encouraging more positive culture; and stimulate discussion, developing a more collaborative culture be done.

Published

2017-12-18