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标题：Investigation of in-School Factors Affecting Distributed Leadership Practices
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作者：Çiğdem ÇAKIR ; Metin ÖZKAN
期刊名称：Journal of Computer and Education Research
电子版ISSN：2148-2896
出版年度：2019
卷号：7
期号：14
页码：383-417
DOI：10.18009/jcer.584459
语种：English
出版社：JCER
摘要：The aim of this study is to identify thedistributed leadership levels in public secondary schools (under the Ministryof National Education) and explore the in-school factors affecting distributedleadership practices based on teachers’ opinions. The research is designedbased on a mixed approach. In the quantitative dimension, the sample groupconsists of 736 teachers from 27 different secondary schools in the GaziantepProvince. In the qualitative dimension, the focus group is composed of 24participant teachers. The Distributed Leadership Scale was used to identifydistributed leadership levels of schools. In the qualitative dimension, asemi-structured interview form developed by the researchers was applied as theevaluation instrument. According to teachers’ opinions, the rarest subdimensionof distributed leadership at schools is the “common goals”, while the mostfrequently seen is the “cooperation and trust” subdimension. The findingsobtained through interviews show that risk-taking, managerial support, learningculture, accountability relations, communication, professional development,facilitating role of the administration and the organizational culture arepositive factors that support distributed leadership, while absence of thesefactors poses a barrier to management activities.The aim of this study is to identify thedistributed leadership levels in public secondary schools (under the Ministryof National Education) and explore the in-school factors affecting distributedleadership practices based on teachers’ opinions. The research is designedbased on a mixed approach. In the quantitative dimension, the sample groupconsists of 736 teachers from 27 different secondary schools in the GaziantepProvince. In the qualitative dimension, the focus group is composed of 24participant teachers. The Distributed Leadership Scale was used to identifydistributed leadership levels of schools. In the qualitative dimension, asemi-structured interview form developed by the researchers was applied as theevaluation instrument. According to teachers’ opinions, the rarest subdimensionof distributed leadership at schools is the “common goals”, while the mostfrequently seen is the “cooperation and trust” subdimension. The findingsobtained through interviews show that risk-taking, managerial support, learningculture, accountability relations, communication, professional development,facilitating role of the administration and the organizational culture arepositive factors that support distributed leadership, while absence of thesefactors poses a barrier to management activities.
关键词：Leadership;Distributed Leadership;Shared Leadership;Shared Management;Educational Administration