... employ to cope with these challenges? © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Principals Leaders Organizational change Succession planning Principal succession Leadership practice Novice principals Data for this study comes from the Principal Policy and Practice Study (P3 Study...

...Sally J. Zepeda; Ed Bengtson; Oksana Parylo Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine principal succession planning and management by analyzing current practices of handling school leader succession in four Georgia school systems. Design/methodology/approach Looking through the lens...

...Dean Fink; Carol Brayman A demographic time bomb is ticking in many school jurisdictions. Up to 70 per cent of present leaders in the private and public sectors will retire within the next five to ten years as the “baby boomers” move on. While succession planning has become a major initiative...

... addressing the changing nature of school culture, the implications for the principalship and the need to develop a culture of leadership in schools. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Literature relating to the need for succession planning for the principalship, supports this view of the role. Studies...