Journal article
(Don't) lean on me: the micropolitics of caring educational leadership
International journal of leadership in education, Vol.26(6), pp.980-1004
12/2023
DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2020.1853246
Abstract
Recent studies of caring school leadership have focused on the way that caring leaders support teachers and influence the school environment. Though caring is understood improve educational outcomes, questions about the interpersonal and organizational enactment can lead to significant disagreements- micropolitical contests. Using case study data, this study examines how leaders' vision of caring leadership shapes micropolitical contests concerning problem-solving and decision-making. The data indicate that schools whose leaders emphasize structured, uniform ideas of caring place pressure on veteran teachers to offer greater support for novice teachers, and cause stress for more inexperienced teachers. At schools where leaders prefer more variable, responsive approaches to care, reduced emphasis on cooperative problem-solving may lead to greater tension around persistent schoolwide problems. The implications of these trade-offs are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- (Don't) lean on me: the micropolitics of caring educational leadership
- Creators
- Jeff Walls - Washington State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of leadership in education, Vol.26(6), pp.980-1004
- DOI
- 10.1080/13603124.2020.1853246
- ISSN
- 1360-3124
- eISSN
- 1464-5092
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 25
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 12/01/2023
- Date published
- 12/2023
- Academic Unit
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984701722002771
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