...Iiris Virtasalo; Emilia Makkonen; Friederike Koehler; Alessandro Ansani; Minna Huotilainen; Kaisamari Kostilainen; Suvi Saarikallio Purpose This study examines how using music-based mood regulation is associated with school principals’ work demands and stress. Although music has been identified...

... the participants, which might limit the generalizability of the results. Future studies should utilize more robust sampling methods to better represent the population of the study. Additionally, the study relied on teachers’ self-reported perceptions, which can provide valuable insights into school principals...

...Rezvan Hosseingholizadeh; Alireza Tamadoni; Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş Purpose This study aims to synthesize empirical research on the professional development (PD) of school principals, using the CIPO framework (Context, Input, Process and Output) to identify the conditions, strategies and outcomes...

... School principals Ethical leadership Teachers' perceptions We developed inclusion criteria based on guidelines for systematic reviews in educational leadership research (Murphy et al., 2017). Include: (1) peer-reviewed journal articles; (2) empirical designs (qualitative, quantitative...

... and Zimbabwe. Three of these countries (Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia) have explicit policies on instructional leadership (Bush et al., 2022a , b). The British Council includes instructional leadership in its development programmes for school principals in several African countries. This brief...

...Sadegül Akbaba Altun Purpose This study aims to examine the experiences of school principals in administrative and educational processes after earthquakes. The earthquakes that struck Türkiye on February 6, 2023, had a profound impact on educational institutions, underscoring the critical crisis...

... in this context: Hypothesis 1: There is a direct and significant relationship between teachers’ CL and school principals’ SJL Hypothesis 2: There is a direct and significant relationship between teachers’ CL and teachers’ WB Hypothesis 3: There is a direct and significant relationship between school principals...

...Gökhan Özaslan; Sümeyranur Meryem Karakuzu Ölemez; Sultan Polat; İlker Berat Balıkcı; Mustafa Uyanık Purpose The purpose of this study is to reveal the different ways in which a group of teachers understand the anger they feel toward the school principals with whom they interact. Design...

...Emilia Stavrou; Antonios Kafa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate school principals' leadership styles in Cyprus in relation to students' support for special education needs within the context of inclusive education. Design/methodology/approach The original type of evidence...

...Maryam Taji; Ali Siadat; Leila Moghtadaie Purpose The present study aimed at developing and validating a self-development training package and determining self-development's effectiveness on job variables and human capital agility among secondary school principals in Isfahan. Design/methodology...

.... This study aims to investigate, from a schoolteacher's perspective, the degree of entrepreneurial leadership behaviour (ELB) applied by school principals in European primary schools. Given that school autonomy is perceived as an important predictor of leaders' entrepreneurship, this study investigates...

...Antonios Kafa Purpose This paper reports the findings of a qualitative study on teachers' perspective about school principals' role during the pandemic in the context of Greece. In particular, information is provided on school principals' communication and leadership aspects in tackling...

...Munirah Alajmi Purpose This study aimed to explore Kuwaiti public school principals' experiences in relation to autonomy and accountability after the implementation of the School Education Quality Improvement Project, which aimed to increase the autonomy and accountability of Kuwaiti public...

...Michele Biasutti; Eleonora Concina Purpose The aim of this article is to examine the perspectives, experiences, roles and values of Italian primary school principals regarding the inclusion of migrant children. Design/methodology/approach The method of the study is qualitative and consists...

...Libi Milon; Orly Shapira-Lishchinsky Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the mediating effect authentic leadership (AL) has on professional identity (PI), ethical climate (EC) and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) and political behavior (PB) among elementary school principals...

...Antonios Kafa; Petros Pashiardis Purpose This paper is derived from a thorough and systematic study, contributing to further understanding of the perception of authentic leadership in the context of Cyprus, by involving school principals' both espoused values and values in action coupled...

.... And arise questions regarding the special challenges facing school principals. This study explored the perceptions of school principals regarding the NGO involvement in designing and implementing education policy in Israel. Design/methodology/approach The authors applied a qualitative research method...

... inhibitors of instructional leadership. Design/methodology/approach The current study is qualitative in nature. Study participants were 30 Israeli school principals, representing the larger body of Israeli principals in terms of sex, age, years of experience, education and school level. Data were...

...Tommaso Agasisti; Patrizia Falzetti; Mara Soncin Purpose This research investigates the impact of managerial practices implemented by Italian school principals on students' outcomes, using micro-data provided by the National Evaluation Committee for Education (INVALSI) for 2013/14 school year...

... unsupported opinion to solve such problems. (p. 14) The additional component in the study was the perspective of transformative learning and the contribution that it can make to aspiring and current school principals’ transformational leadership development, and this is explored below. Recent...