...Zehra Keser Ozmantar; Funda Gök Purpose This study will examine the school principals’ ethical decision-making processes and to explore gender-related differences. Design/methodology/approach This study employed a mixed-method research design, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches...

...Ersin Eren Akgöz; Fatih Şahin; Onur Erdoğan Purpose School principals should create a positive school climate through instructional leadership behaviors and support teacher autonomy to reach their ultimate goals. This study examines the relationship between the instructional leadership behaviors...

... both enabling and hindering mechanisms of bureaucracy in schools, this study explores how Korean school principals understand and perceive bureaucratic structures using a lens of ambivalence. The authors draw on Weber's theory of bureaucracy, with a particular focus on the paradoxical aspect...

...Peleg Dor-Haim; Izhar Oplatka Purpose This paper explores the subjective interpretations of school principals' experiences of loneliness in the workplace and the implications of those experiences. The study poses two questions: (1) How do school principals perceive that their experience...

... research paradigm. Data for this study, collected via survey, were collected from a sample of 369 public school principals. Findings Using descriptive and inferential statistical methods, the findings indicated that school principals have only limited knowledge about the legal rights of teachers...

...Hillman Wirawan; Muhammad Tamar; Elvita Bellani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence (EI) and achievement motivation (AM) on elementary school principals’ leadership styles. This study investigates the contribution of EI and AM on the two major...

..., autonomy and participation in decision making experience higher levels of self-efficacy which results in enhanced innovative work behaviour. According to Data et al. (2017 , p. 4), three major characteristics are vital for effective school principals, namely a high degree of professionalism...

...Ramazan Cansoy; Hanifi Parlar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between school principals’ instructional leadership behaviors, teacher self-efficacy, and collective teacher efficacy. Design/methodology/approach The participants were a total of 427 teachers...

...-governance. Associate Professor Rick Mintrop can be contacted at: mintrop@berkeley.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Germany School principal School management Educational leadership Public schools Management reform When the famous management theorist Peter Drucker...

... achievements of school leadership (Harris and Spillane, 2008). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Israel Leadership in education Career Arab education system Deputy-principal School principal Research has indicated that education reform increases the responsibility of school role...