The Problem of Distributed Leadership in Schools

Autor/in	Storey, Anne
Titel	The Problem of Distributed Leadership in Schools
Quelle	In: School Leadership and Management, 24 (2004) 3, S.249-265 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-2434
Schlagwörter	Leadership; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Administrator Responsibility; Leadership Responsibility + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Führung; Führungsposition; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	There is a vast and mainly enthusiastic literature on leadership. It has permeated virtually all sectors and the education sector has been particularly affected. The argument of this paper is that most of the literature and discussion about this issue is couched in terms of some fairly simple polarities: managers versus leaders, transactional versus transformational leaders, task-focused versus people-focused and so on. Moreover, recent analysis in education has begun to question the predominant focus on the head teacher as the leader but, so far, there has been little empirical work carried out on the meanings and implications of distributed leadership. The research reported here suggests that one crucial issue to be addressed is the dynamic of competition between leaders. Using a new conceptual framework, this article reports on a case study that reveals different interpretations of what leadership should entail and constitute at different levels of the organization. The paper shows that it is by no means enough to proselytize 'leadership' as if this will produce a set of approaches and behaviours that will unproblematically transform. On the contrary, different versions of what the transformed situation should look like can cause deep divisions. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10