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Paulsen, Jan Merok; Hjertø, Kjell Brynjulf – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how school principals' leadership competence is enhanced by participation in municipal school district leader teams in the Norwegian context. Design/methodology/approach: The study investigated a field sample of 854 school principals working in 252 municipal school leader teams. Hypotheses were…
Descriptors: Principals, Faculty Development, Educational Environment, Predictor Variables
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Federici, Roger A.; Skaalvik, Einar M. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore relations between principals' self-efficacy, burnout, job satisfaction and principals' motivation to quit. Principal self-efficacy was measured by a recently developed multidimensional scale called the Norwegian Principal Self-Efficacy Scale. Burnout was measured by a modified version of the Maslach Burnout…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Motivation
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Turmo, Are; Elstad, Eyvind; Christophersen, Knut-Andreas – Education Inquiry, 2013
Time capacity is defined here as the individual teacher's perceived time for professional development (e.g., the capacity to develop and renew oneself as a teacher). The pressure of paperwork on the individual teacher should not be so demanding that it goes beyond the teacher's time for professional development. The purpose of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Accountability, Case Studies
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Skedsmo, Guri – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2011
The introduction of the national evaluation system in the Norwegian education system can be described as a shift in the Norwegian educational policy from the use of input oriented policy instruments towards a more output oriented policy. The new tool-kit consists of different evaluation tools, such as standardised tests, diagonistic tests etc.…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Educational Policy, Principals, Evaluation
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Federici, Roger A.; Skaalvik, Einar M. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2011
One purpose of the present study was to develop and test the factor structure of a multidimensional and hierarchical Norwegian Principal Self-Efficacy Scale (NPSES). Another purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between principal self-efficacy and work engagement. Principal self-efficacy was measured by the 22-item NPSES. Work…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
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Elstad, Eyvind; Christophersen, Knut Andreas; Turmo, Are – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2011
Primary processes in schools are hard to pin down despite attempts to measure central aspects of processes and outputs. For this very reason, it is important that teachers are motivated to go above and beyond their formal job responsibilities, a phenomenon called organizational citizenship behaviour. Social exchange theory is a theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Citizenship, Social Exchange Theory