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ERIC Number: EJ1225162
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0273-446X
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Rural Superintendents' Experiences with Empowerment and Alignment to Vision in the Application of Principle-Centered Leadership
Davidson, Shelby; Butcher, Jennifer
Rural Educator, v40 n1 p63-72 2019
This qualitative phenomenological narrative inquiry research study used narrative inquiry to investigate rural superintendents' experiences with the application of principle-centered leadership in their districts. Ten superintendents from rural districts in east Texas were interviewed. Narratives were analyzed by organizing, describing, classifying, and interpreting data collected from the interviews. The study results support the notion that the application of principle-centered leadership helps superintendents to become effective leaders in their districts. Other findings from this study include the notion that effective superintendents practice the tenets of principle-centered leadership with different actions and methods based on their beliefs and personalities. Findings also emphasized that trustworthiness and trust is the foundation of principle-centered leadership, which allows for empowerment and alignment to vision. This study provides superintendents and other educational leaders with practices critical to practicing principle-centered leadership in order to become more effective leaders in their districts.
National Rural Education Association. e-mail: theruraleducator@gmail.com; Web site: https://journals.library.msstate.edu/ruraled
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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