Confucian Values and School Leadership in Vietnam: Exploring the Influence of Culture on Principal Decision Making

Autor/inn/en	Truong, Thang Dinh; Hallinger, Philip; Sanga, Kabini
Titel	Confucian Values and School Leadership in Vietnam: Exploring the Influence of Culture on Principal Decision Making
Quelle	In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 45 (2017) 1, S.77-100 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-1432
DOI	10.1177/1741143215607877
Schlagwörter	Confucianism; Asian Culture; Foreign Countries; Principals; Decision Making; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Qualitative Research; Case Studies; Power Structure; Collectivism; Educational Administration; Secondary Schools; Middle Schools; Colleges; Administrator Characteristics; Observation; Questionnaires; Semi Structured Interviews; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Konfuzianismus; Ausland; Principal; Schulleiter; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Qualitative Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Sekundarschule; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Beobachtung; Fragebogen
Abstract	There is an emerging global consensus that the knowledge base in educational leadership and management must offer a deeper examination of leadership practice across a more diverse set of national contexts. Nonetheless, a recent review of the literature in this field concluded that this challenge has yet to be adequately addressed with respect to research in Asia. This study was an in-depth, qualitative examination of how the decision-making practices of Vietnamese school principals respond to their socio-cultural context. The study employed Hofstede's "dimensions of national culture" to aid in this analysis of Vietnamese school leadership. Qualitative data were used to construct case studies of principal decision-making in three Vietnamese schools. The findings highlight the strong influence of power distance and collectivism on the decision making of Vietnamese school principals. The results illuminate the value of adopting an "indigenous perspective" on school leadership. Our description of how socio-cultural values shape the practice of school leadership in Vietnam offers a useful contrast with descriptions from mainstream research on educational leadership and management. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01