...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...

... by a professional transcriber (Maree, 2010). Elsa Fourie can be contacted at: elsa.fourie@nwu.ac.za 04 08 2017 22 11 2017 12 02 2018 School principal South African townships Early childhood development Ineffective management Intervention project The children of today...

...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...

.... The authors of this Special Issue repeatedly point out that theirs is a unique set of studies with a rare focus on German school leaders. The focus is intriguing. If we consider school principals (and their supervisors) the linchpin of management at the school level without whom managerialist technologies...

... in the “New Horizons” reform program? (2) What do the deputy-principals expect from the school principal in order to fulfill their new role? (3) In the deputy-principals’ opinions, which personal characteristics enable a deputy-principal to establish his/her leadership in a school? (4) To what...