..., as they can contribute to leadership development. Therefore, this study explored how principals’ peer mentoring during training can help shape their leadership identity. The purpose of this study was to explore novice principals’ professional socialisation and the shaping of leadership identity in Sweden...

... School leadership Democratic values Principals Sweden In January 2002, 25-year-old Fadime Sahindal was killed by her father. She had refused to marry the man he had chosen for her since she was in love with a young man who she intended to marry against the family's will. She was not the first...

... it works as a tool for the principals to create more effective schools. Design/methodology/approach A comparative cross‐sectional study was made on the adoption of MBO as perceived by principals in upper secondary schools in Sweden. Initially, a mail questionnaire was distributed to every principal...

... in some respect deviate from national school improvement policy! The school and local community relation is even stronger today than before. Since 2004 the political discussion about schools in Sweden has been very influenced by the international comparisons of student outcomes in different countries...

.... This is what Swedish laws and policy documents describe as a successful school. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Since 1991 the municipality has been the main authority responsible for primary and secondary education in Sweden. Municipalities act as employers to school staffs...