Date of Award
6-2022
Degree Name
Education Specialist
Department
Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
First Advisor
Brett Geier, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
LaSonja Roberts, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Steven Sanocki, Ph.D.
Keywords
Organizational culture, climate, culture, servant leadership, appreciative leadership, collaboration, social-emotional well-being, uMap™, empowerment, emotional intelligence, emotional safety
Access Setting
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
Munster, Karrie Elizabeth, "Organizational Culture in Schools: The Impact of Positive Culture on Staff Retention at Vista Charter Academy" (2022). Dissertations. 3853.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/3853
Included in
Educational Psychology Commons, Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration Commons
Comments
Culture is a social narcotic to which practically all of us are addicted - we feel good when we belong to a group (Gruenert & Whitaker, 2015). This action research paper will explain organizational culture, social-emotional well-being of school employees, and examine the connection between organizational culture in a school setting and its impact on staff retention at Vista Charter Academy. The study will focus on educators at Vista Charter Academy in Grand Rapids, Michigan; all of whom were impacted by the unforeseen COVID-19 school closure during the timespan of their employment. The literature review indicates there are a variety of factors impacting staff retention in schools and many of these correlate to organizational culture. Therefore, it is important for more research involving organizational culture’s impact on staff to be studied.