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Yishan Du; Liguo Xu; Wenchun Luo; Xian Xue – International Journal of Educational Management, 2025
Purpose: Improving the management efficiency of new principals in low-performing schools has important practical value and theoretical significance. Based on organizational socialization theory, this study adopts a single case study method to analyze in-depth the organizational socialization process of a new principal after taking over a…
Descriptors: Principals, Low Achievement, Foreign Countries, Assistant Principals
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Steed, Kevin; De Nobile, John; Waniganayake, Manjula – International Journal of Educational Management, 2020
Purpose: This research paper explores the perspectives of Australian school principals in the state of New South Wales (NSW) regarding what they believe constitutes "merit" when selecting deputy principals, assistant principals (primary) and head teachers (secondary). Design/methodology/approach: An online survey was utilised to collect…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Assistant Principals, Merit Rating
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Chingara, Remigio; Heystek, Jan – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how principals, deputy principals, heads of departments (HoDs) and teachers as leaders exercise their agency within and through the organisational structure of their schools to improve academic quality. Design/methodology/approach: A case study was conducted in the wider context of school-based…
Descriptors: Principals, Assistant Principals, Department Heads, Teacher Leadership
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Khalid Arar – International Journal of Educational Management, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate Arab deputy-principals' perceptions of their role in Arab schools in Israel, relating to their expectations regarding principal-deputy relations and their aspirations for promotion. Design/methodology/approach: A two-stage qualitative study included an open-ended questionnaire completed by 27…
Descriptors: Arabs, Assistant Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role
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Lazaridou, Angeliki; Gravani Kassida, Aspasia – International Journal of Educational Management, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report findings from an investigation of Greek principals' attitudes and perceptions concerning parental involvement in schools--research prompted by the belief that the information will be useful in attempts to make Greek schools more effective. Design/methodology/approach: The participants of the study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Secondary Schools
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Bennett, Jeffrey V. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the democratic nature of collaboration and related principal influences in one successful Southern Arizona elementary school in a changing demographic and border context in the US Southwest and where the principal did not share the same ethnic identity/cultural background.…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Ethnicity, Cooperation, Ethics
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Schermuly, Carsten C.; Schermuly, Rene A.; Meyer, Bertolt – International Journal of Educational Management, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the relationship between psychological empowerment, job satisfaction, and burnout among vice-principals (VPs) in primary schools. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 103 VPs at 103 different primary schools in Germany were surveyed with a questionnaire that assessed the four dimensions of psychological…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Job Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Statistical Significance