Societal Cultural Dimensions and GDP as Predictors of Educational Leadership and School Autonomy Indicators’ in PISA
Societal Cultural Dimensions and GDP as Predictors of Educational Leadership and School Autonomy Indicators’ in PISA

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines how societal cultural values and the economic well-being of a country can predict school leadership and autonomy, two managerial indexes within education measured in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test. Regression analysis (n = 70 countries) indicated that societal cultural dimensions, as measured by Hofstede’s model, have significant predictive power for both indexes. Specifically, study uncovered that the Power Distance and Individualism dimensions have a positive relationship with educational leadership, while Long-term Orientation and Uncertainty Avoidance have a negative relationship. Furthermore, study identified a negative relationship between school autonomy and the Masculinity and Uncertainty Avoidance dimensions.

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