School Renewal and School Well-Being

Authors

• Jianping Shen, Western Michigan UniversityFollow
• John Lane, Michigan State UniversityFollow
• Patricia Reeves, Western Michigan UniversityFollow
• Siche Feng, Western Michigan UniversityFollow
• Xin Ma, University of KentuckyFollow

Abstract

In this longitudinal case study, we examined school well-being during the change process. We operationalized the change process as the school renewal model and viewed school well-being from the perspective of the PERMA (positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment) model. We found that all elements of the PERMA model were manifested in the school renewal process and that the school renewal process was not dominated solely by conflict and tension, as the literature typically suggests about the change process. The findings of the study suggest the possibility of reframing tension as productive rather than detrimental in the school renewal context. This study also advances the construct of school well-being as an organizational property.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2026

Notes/Citation Information

Publisher Copyright: © 2026 by the authors.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.3390/educsci16060978

Archival?

Archival

Repository Citation

Shen, Jianping; Lane, John; Reeves, Patricia; Feng, Siche; and Ma, Xin, "School Renewal and School Well-Being" (2026). Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology Faculty Publications. 74.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edp_facpub/74