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Dor-Haim, Peleg – Journal of Educational Administration, 2022
Purpose: This study explored the different manifestations that school principals attribute to their sense of loneliness, with reference to their career seniority. The study posed two questions: (1) what are the various interpretations that school principals attribute to their sense of loneliness, in regard to the way in which it is manifested in…
Descriptors: Principals, Psychological Patterns, Professional Isolation, Alienation
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Cherkowski, Sabre; Kutsyuruba, Benjamin; Walker, Keith – Journal of Educational Administration, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this multiyear research study is to examine leadership in K-12 schools using a positive organizational perspective to understand how to foster, support and encourage flourishing in schools. In this article, the authors describe the lived experiences of a small group of principals and vice-principals in K-12 schools…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Principals, Assistant Principals, Experience
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García Torres, Darlene – Journal of Educational Administration, 2018
Purpose: Singapore is a country with low teacher attrition rates and high performance on international assessments (TIMSS 2011/2015 and PISA 2012/2015). Consequently, its education system is often considered as a model for other nations. The purpose of this paper is to extend research on teacher job satisfaction in Singapore and provide…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Attitudes, Participative Decision Making
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Farley-Ripple, Elizabeth N.; Raffel, Jeffrey A.; Welch, Jennie Christine – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present qualitative evidence on the processes and forces that shape school administrator career paths. Design/methodology/approach: An embedded case study approach is used to understand more than 100 administrator career transitions within the Delaware education system. Semi-structured interview data were…
Descriptors: School Administration, Assistant Principals, Principals, Career Development
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Schmidt, Michele J. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the argument that leadership preparation programmes in the new millennium should be required to train school leaders emotionally as well as cognitively. A number of scholars have stressed that leaders are increasingly working within roles that are politically sensitive, conflicted and complex,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Principals, Administrator Education
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Quong, Terry – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: The paper aims to provide insights into the work of beginning principals in their first year through the experiences of one beginning principal during his first year in post. Design/methodology/approach: In order to illuminate the problems of beginning principals the paper sets out to answer the personal question: "What can I say…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Principals, Beginning Principals