Vice-Principals as Leaders: Role Ambiguity and Role Conflicts Faced by Vice-Principals in Singapore

Autor/inn/en	Ho, Jeanne; Shaari, Imran; Kang, Trivina
Titel	Vice-Principals as Leaders: Role Ambiguity and Role Conflicts Faced by Vice-Principals in Singapore
Quelle	In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 51 (2023) 3, S.575-593 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ho, Jeanne) ORCID (Shaari, Imran) ORCID (Kang, Trivina)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-1432
DOI	10.1177/17411432211002527
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Assistant Principals; Barriers; Administrator Role; Administrator Attitudes; Ambiguity (Context); Role Conflict; Values; Elementary Secondary Education; Power Structure; Empowerment; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Principal; Principals; Stellvertretende Schulleitung; Rollenkonflikt; Wertbegriff; Singapur
Abstract	This article examines what vice-principals in Singapore experience as constraints to their leadership practice, and how they deal with these constraints, cognisant that role misalignment for vice-principals presents barriers to schools achieving optimal effectiveness. This qualitative study seeks to hear the voices of vice-principals, to uncover the contextual richness of their experiences through interviews with 28 vice-principals. Coding involved a mix of codes from the literature and from the interviews, with member checking of the findings. Vice-principals in Singapore face two main constraints: role ambiguity and role conflicts. These are mainly a structural issue, given the dual expectations of vice-principals to support their principals and to lead. The problems are heightened when there are clashes of values, with vice-principals conflicted between two sources of authority: administrative and professional. Framing the constraints faced by vice-principals under role ambiguity and role conflicts raises these constraints to a theoretical and organisational level. The study proposes a link between the concepts of role ambiguity and role boundaries and illustrates how role ambiguity and conflicts can be disempowering. However, the study also shows that ambiguity need not always be a constraint but can be positive under some conditions. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01