Exploring Middle-Level School Leadership Styles through Role-Play Simulations

Autor/inn/en	Iftach, Geva; Shapira-Lishchinsky, Orly
Titel	Exploring Middle-Level School Leadership Styles through Role-Play Simulations
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Administration, 61 (2023) 2, S.108-125 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Iftach, Geva) ORCID (Shapira-Lishchinsky, Orly)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-8234
DOI	10.1108/JEA-01-2022-0015
Schlagwörter	Middle Management; Leadership Styles; Role Playing; Simulation; Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; School Administration; High School Teachers; Teacher Leadership; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mittlere Führungskraft; Führungsstil; Rollenspiel; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Ausland; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; High school; High schools; Teacher; Teachers; Oberschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerfunktionsstelle
Abstract	Purpose: The study's main goal is to investigate different leadership styles that characterize middle-level leaders, the intermediate leadership tier of role holders in school, as they practice leadership scenarios through active participation in a professional learning process of role-play simulation, using a social-ecological approach. Design/methodology/approach: Thirty middle-level leaders from different Israeli high schools and districts participated in the study during an M.A. course in an educational leadership program. The authors used qualitative analysis to examine role-play simulations of leadership scenarios based on group debriefings. This content analysis was conducted within a two-dimensional theoretical framework composed of leadership style theory and a social-ecological model. Findings: The study findings address four main leadership styles: authentic, transformational, participative and transactional. Regarding their appearance within different social-ecological layers, the interpersonal layer was the most salient one with a prominent appearance of transformational and authentic leadership styles. On the organizational and communal layers, authentic leadership was more prominent. The study findings demonstrate multidimensionality in both the leadership styles and social-ecological layers, as different styles appeared in different layers concurrently. Practical implications: The findings may help articulate the nature and characteristics of middle-level school leadership. They may also provide relevant theoretical content and instructional strategy to develop simulation-based preparation programs for middle-level leaders. Originality/value: The study findings highlight unique leadership characteristics of middle-level school leaders and suggest a contextual perception of their leadership styles within a social-ecological framework. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01