Zehava Rosenblatt is Professor Emerita in the Department of Leadership and Educational Policy at the University of Haifa, Israel. Her research is focused on ethical issues in teachers' work, such as personal accountability and absenteeism, as well as other related topics in teachers' organizational behavior.Theo Wubbels is Professor Emeritus of Educational Sciences at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. His research interests developed in his career from the pedagogy of physics education, via problems of beginning teachers and teaching and learning in higher education to studies of learning environments and, especially, interpersonal relationships in education.

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• DedicationList of tables, figures and appendicesContributing chapter authorsContributing researchersAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Teachers’ and principals’ accountability: theoretical background Conceptualizing accountabilityAccountability and cultural valuesAccountability and organizational supportChapter 3 Study methodsIntroductionData collectionStudy measuresAnalytical approachChapter 4 Study findings IntroductionAccountability distributionCultural values distributionOrganizational support distributionPrediction of teachers' and principals' external and internal accountabilityPrediction of accountability: summaryChapter 5 Discussion of study findings IntroductionThe two dimensions of accountability: external and internalAccountability audiences: parents and school management Effect of principals’ accountability on teachers’ accountabilityPredicting accountability by personal individualism and collectivismAccountability at a country levelOrganizational support as a predictor of accountability dispositionChapter 6 Concluding thoughts Educators' accountability versus school accountabilityFocus on internal accountabilityCultural values and accountability - theoretical and practical implicationsThe contingent role of the accountability audienceTeam accountability: a future research directionReferencesIndex

Zehava Rosenblatt is Professor Emerita in the Department of Leadership and Educational Policy at the University of Haifa, Israel. Her research is focused on ethical issues in teachers' work, such as personal accountability and absenteeism, as well as other related topics in teachers' organizational behavior.Theo Wubbels is Professor Emeritus of Educational Sciences at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. His research interests developed in his career from the pedagogy of physics education, via problems of beginning teachers and teaching and learning in higher education to studies of learning environments and, especially, interpersonal relationships in education.

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• DedicationList of tables, figures and appendicesContributing chapter authorsContributing researchersAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Teachers’ and principals’ accountability: theoretical background Conceptualizing accountabilityAccountability and cultural valuesAccountability and organizational supportChapter 3 Study methodsIntroductionData collectionStudy measuresAnalytical approachChapter 4 Study findings IntroductionAccountability distributionCultural values distributionOrganizational support distributionPrediction of teachers' and principals' external and internal accountabilityPrediction of accountability: summaryChapter 5 Discussion of study findings IntroductionThe two dimensions of accountability: external and internalAccountability audiences: parents and school management Effect of principals’ accountability on teachers’ accountabilityPredicting accountability by personal individualism and collectivismAccountability at a country levelOrganizational support as a predictor of accountability dispositionChapter 6 Concluding thoughts Educators' accountability versus school accountabilityFocus on internal accountabilityCultural values and accountability - theoretical and practical implicationsThe contingent role of the accountability audienceTeam accountability: a future research directionReferencesIndex

Zehava Rosenblatt is Professor Emerita in the Department of Leadership and Educational Policy at the University of Haifa, Israel. Her research is focused on ethical issues in teachers' work, such as personal accountability and absenteeism, as well as other related topics in teachers' organizational behavior.Theo Wubbels is Professor Emeritus of Educational Sciences at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. His research interests developed in his career from the pedagogy of physics education, via problems of beginning teachers and teaching and learning in higher education to studies of learning environments and, especially, interpersonal relationships in education.

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• DedicationList of tables, figures and appendicesContributing chapter authorsContributing researchersAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Teachers’ and principals’ accountability: theoretical background Conceptualizing accountabilityAccountability and cultural valuesAccountability and organizational supportChapter 3 Study methodsIntroductionData collectionStudy measuresAnalytical approachChapter 4 Study findings IntroductionAccountability distributionCultural values distributionOrganizational support distributionPrediction of teachers' and principals' external and internal accountabilityPrediction of accountability: summaryChapter 5 Discussion of study findings IntroductionThe two dimensions of accountability: external and internalAccountability audiences: parents and school management Effect of principals’ accountability on teachers’ accountabilityPredicting accountability by personal individualism and collectivismAccountability at a country levelOrganizational support as a predictor of accountability dispositionChapter 6 Concluding thoughts Educators' accountability versus school accountabilityFocus on internal accountabilityCultural values and accountability - theoretical and practical implicationsThe contingent role of the accountability audienceTeam accountability: a future research directionReferencesIndex