In today's educational system, there is a great emphasis on principals' leadership and impact on all students, particularly students with disabilities. Due to increased accountability, legal mandates, and the effects of the pandemic on student performance, strong elementary principals must lead the charge to improve the educational trajectory of…

This study aimed to identify essential attributes a principal must possess to impact teachers' instructional performance, resulting in student achievement. Principal self-efficacy is a phenomenon explored in the relevance of impact on teacher performance. However, this research sought to discover specific attributes, characteristics, and behaviors…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore school principals' and vice-principals' perceptions of their strategies of coping with loneliness at work. The study posed two questions: (1) how do educational leaders perceive their strategies of coping with loneliness at work?; and (2) What are the differences in the style of coping with…

Fullan (2001) states that leading in a culture of change means creating a culture, not just a structure, of change. In the study, the researcher sought to describe a phenomenon in answer to the following research questions: What are perceptions of the attributes of a Cultural Change Principal in building culture in an urban K-5 public school…

The study established the leadership behaviors that motivate teachers in two private schools in Oyo State. Five teachers from the two schools were interviewed regarding leadership behaviors that motivate them. Consent was sought from all the participants before they were involved in the research. Furthermore, the names of the participants were…

While research on the relationship between leadership and organizational citizenship behaviours (OCBs) is well-established, empirical knowledge on the influence of benevolent leadership on OCBs through the mediating role of leader-member exchange, particularly in the context of educational management, remains scarce. Moreover, discussion is still…

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between school administrators' empowering leadership behaviors and secondary education (high school) teachers' perceptions of compliance with the psychological contract. The population of the study consists of 2,878 teachers who were working at 47 high schools located in central Elazig during…

Context: School-based student protests have received little scholarly attention, yet they have the potential to impact the school community, students' civic development, and larger social movements. Principals are key actors in responding to school-based student protests. As school leaders, principals' actions affect the outcome of student…

Stress experienced by elementary teachers is common, and teachers often discover that stress reduces job satisfaction, performance, and overall well-being. A record number of teachers feel marginalized and leave the profession due to high levels of stress in schools. The current study employed a phenomenological research design and gathered…

The COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020 threatened education systems worldwide. K-12 administrators had to efficiently alter their operations while putting students' interests first to manage the substantial problems and exceptional conditions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Learning more about K-12 administrators' attitudes, beliefs, and…

While public consultation is a signature process of democratic policy formulation, many governments manoeuvre to refract citizen's opinions or conduct it perfunctorily. Using the case of a medium of instruction policy in Hong Kong, this article unveils the strategies that the state and citizens employ to put their opinion through to the final…

This study sought to determine whether there was a statistically significant correlation between school board behaviors and characteristics, and a superintendent's use of a transformational leadership model. The study was grounded in four research questions: Is there a statistically significant correlation between board behaviors and…

This study explored what K-12 teachers believe are the most important skills and attitudes of an effective principal and how these attributes contribute to their job satisfaction. It then examined whether these valued attributes evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. A case study methodology was utilized to investigate the perceptions of 12…

This study assessed the effectiveness of training leaders in behaviors that satisfy meeting attendees' psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Three managers who regularly lead meetings with their workgroups participated in the study. The study used a research design of multiple baselines across groups and began with…

Purpose: The present study aimed to scale the political tactics used by teachers and principals based on rank-order judgments. Research Methods: This study was a descriptive study in which the political tactics used by school principals and teachers were scaled from the most to the least frequently used ones based on rank-order judgments. The…