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The Relationship between Principal Leadership and Teacher Collaboration: Investigating the Mediating Effect of Teachers' Collective Efficacy
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Meyer, André; Richter, Dirk; Hartung-Beck, Viola – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2022
Empirical research considers teacher collaboration to be an important predictor of outcome variables at the student, teacher, and school level. Principals are responsible for shaping teachers' work environments, and in doing so, they can strengthen and support teacher collaboration. Drawing on social interdependence theory, we hypothesized that…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Styles, Teacher Collaboration, Correlation
Ready to Lead School Improvement? Perceived Professional Development Needs of Principals in Germany
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Klein, Esther Dominique; Schwanenberg, Jasmin – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2022
As a result of reforms in the governance of schools, the role of principals in Germany has changed from a teacher with additional administrative tasks to a leader of school improvement. However, many principals in Germany did not receive any substantial formal training for management and leadership tasks. Using the results of a survey of 1240…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Role, Professional Development
The Predictive Value of Individual and Work-Related Resources for the Health and Work Satisfaction of German School Principals
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Dadaczynski, Kevin; Paulus, Peter; Horstmann, David – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: This study aimed to investigate individual and work-related resources (decision latitude, self-efficacy and work-related sense of coherence) and their relationship to health and work outcomes (general health, cognitive and emotional irritation, and work satisfaction) among German school principals. Method: In 2016, all teachers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Work Environment, Job Satisfaction
Preparation of Educational Administrators in Europe--Present and Future Prospectives.
Dalin, Per – 1980
No country in Europe, with the exception of France, provides specially designed professional preservice programs to prepare educational administrators. This is partly because administrators have little power, being controlled at one level by central politicians and administrators and at the institutional level by teachers and teacher unions.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Centralization, Change Agents
Management Skills. Skills Task Force Research Paper 3.
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Johnson, Steven; Winterton, Jonathan – 1999
A task force was convened to identify the nature, extent, and pattern of skill needs and shortages for managerial occupations in the United Kingdom (UK). The task force began by examining the key challenges facing managers in the UK. The following factors were among those considered: economic policies promoting liberalization and deregulation;…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Business Administration, Business Education, Competency Based Education
Decision-Making in Higher Education: A Comparative Perspective.
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Boer, Harry de; Goedegebuure, Leo – Australian Universities' Review, 1995
A survey of 112 higher education institutions in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Flanders (Belgium) sought information about governance and decision-making structures, including the involvement of faculty, administrators, and governing councils at different levels; areas in which these actors participate…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, Budgeting