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dc.contributor.authorSherry Chand, Vijaya
dc.contributor.authorDeshmukh, Ketan Satish
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-07T06:02:34Z
dc.date.available2020-07-07T06:02:34Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-29
dc.identifier.citationChand, V. S., & Deshmukh, K. (2018). Does implementing problem-solving projects affect decisional style? Developing governance capabilities in school management committees. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 11(1), 1-14. doi:10.1080/ 19439342.2018.1551920en_US
dc.identifier.issn1943-9407
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/23153
dc.description.abstractFaith in the power of local decision-making underpins decentralised democratic governance, but the evidence for its effectiveness is mixed. It is in this context that school management committees (SMCs) were established in 2009–10 in India. Training these SMCs received has been criticised for focusing only a set of high expectations built around an idealised set of roles and responsibilities, and not on the members’ decision-making capabilities. We describe how problem-solving projects can be employed to develop such capabilities, through a field experiment in 50 SMCs, with another 50 serving as controls, that studied decisional styles of 603 SMC members. The analysis was based on a confirmatory factor analysis of a two-factor (vigilant and maladaptive styles) model, with the variation among SMCs controlled through a two-level model and path analysis. There was a significant positive effect on the vigilant decision-making style of those who participated in the programme (β = 0.195, p < .05), though maladaptive styles increased in both the treatment and control groups. Given that SMCs are expected to remain a feature of local governance structures, the importance of functional partnerships between the SMCs and school principals is indicated.en_US
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dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_US
dc.subjectDecisional styleen_US
dc.subjectVigilant styleen_US
dc.subjectSchool management committeesen_US
dc.subjectSchool-based governanceen_US
dc.subjectMDMQen_US
dc.titleDoes implementing problem-solving projects affect decisional style? developing governance capabilities in school management committeesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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