Willingness to Communicate and Collaborate: The Key Role of Educational Leadership in Primary Education

Autor/inn/en	Karadimou, Maria; Tsioumis, Kostis
Titel	Willingness to Communicate and Collaborate: The Key Role of Educational Leadership in Primary Education
Quelle	In: European Journal of Educational Management, 4 (2021) 2, S.141-155 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Karadimou, Maria) ORCID (Tsioumis, Kostis)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2642-2344
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Instructional Leadership; Teacher Leadership; Foreign Countries; Transformational Leadership; Correlation; Democracy; Cooperation; Leadership Styles; Communication Skills; Teacher Collaboration; Trust (Psychology); Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Role; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Lehrerfunktionsstelle; Ausland; Korrelation; Demokratie; Co-operation; Kooperation; Führungsstil; Kommunikationsstil; Lehrerkooperation; Lehrerrolle; Griechenland
Abstract	This article aims to explore the views of primary school teachers regarding the educational leadership exercised by leader teachers at the human resource management level, and how this can affect their willingness to communicate and collaborate. The theoretical framework analyzes the dimensions of human resource management by a leader teacher, as a communication channel, team empowerer, and creator of a climate of trust. The research was carried out using quantitative method, with a closed digital questionnaire which was completed by 693 primary school teachers from whole Greece. Initially, the analysis was carried out through descriptive statistics and then selected questions were analyzed by statistical inference test. The findings show a shift towards the model of a transformational leader, despite the country's education system remaining highly centralized. In addition, the findings show a correlation between democratic and cooperative staff management, with the axes of inspiration and responsibility on the teachers' side. This article highlights whether the communication skills of a leader teacher affect the functioning of the school. The research was carried out during a pandemic and thus it was not possible to collect qualitative data using interviews with leader teachers so that we can have a comparative approach to the issue. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01