Institutional resilience and school sustainability: The roles of crisis management and corporate social responsibility in private secondary education

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Sustainable education systems depend on institutional resilience, supported by effective governance structures and socially responsible practices that sustain continuity of teaching and learning. This study examined whether crisis management and corporate social responsibility predict the sustainability of private secondary schools in the Ikom Education Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria. A correlational research design was adopted. The study involved a census of 457 school administrators, comprising 172 principals and 285 vice principals. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire that measured crisis management practices, corporate social responsibility, and private school sustainability. The instrument demonstrated acceptable validity and internal consistency. Data were analysed using multiple linear regression at the 0.05 level of significance with IBM SPSS version 27. The results indicated that crisis management and corporate social responsibility jointly predicted private school sustainability (R = .71, R² = .50, F(2, 454) = 224.46, p < .001). Both predictors made significant individual contributions, with crisis management (β = .42, p < .001) and corporate social responsibility (β = .38, p < .001) showing positive associations. The study recommends strengthening crisis management strategies and institutional corporate social responsibility initiatives to support sustainable school governance and long-term school operations.

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corporate social responsibility; crisis management; governance; institutional resilience; private secondary education; school governance; school sustainability

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