%0 Journal Article %T Human resource policy and teacher appraisal in Ontario in the era of professional accountability %A Saturnin Dandala %J Management in Education %@ 1741-9883 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0892020618783817 %X This article suggests that the implementation of human resource policies such as teacher performance appraisal (TPA) is a disturbance to the school organizational climate. Based on my cross-examination of both school managers¡¯ and teachers¡¯ discourse, I suggest that a new leadership approach needs to be developed at the school level to effectively coordinate TPA implementation in such a way that it can enhance teacher professional growth %K Ontario %K school managers %K teacher appraisal %K teachers %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0892020618783817