ABSTRACT

Problematic aspects of implementing policy are not simply a product of the policy message, but rather are constructed by the actors engaged in the process. This qualitative interview study addresses the role of school leader’s organizational identity beliefs in constructing policy problems and demonstrates how these perceptions seem to play an important role in making sense of a national reform demand in the Swedish school system. My findings show that beliefs regarding the hierarchical position of the managed school program, and conceptions of the program’s construed external image, influence how policy problems and solutions are framed by the school leaders.

摘要

实施政策的问题方面不仅仅是政策信息的产物，而是由参与该过程的参与者构建的。这项定性访谈研究探讨了学校领导的组织认同信念在构建政策问题中的作用，并展示了这些观念如何在理解瑞典学校系统的国家改革需求方面发挥重要作用。我的研究结果表明，关于管理学校计划的等级地位的信念，以及对该计划的外部形象的理解，会影响学校领导者如何制定政策问题和解决方案。