ERIC Number: EJ1075513
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Why Trust the Head? Key Practices for Transformational School Leaders to Build a Purposeful Relationship of Trust
Browning, Paul
International Journal of Leadership in Education, v17 n4 p388-409 2014
Trust is widely recognized as one of the key qualities that a successful leader needs to bring about change within his/her organization. Literature has also shown that trust plays a pivotal role in effective school leadership. However, little research has been undertaken to identify specific actions of a transformational school leader enabling him/her to develop purposeful relationships of trust with his/her staff and Chair of the school's governing body. Using a theoretical framework of transformational leadership in the context of the independent schooling sector in Australia, a multicase study of four highly trusted, transformational school leaders revealed 10 key trust building practices in the Head-staff dyad and three practices in the Head-Chair dyad. These practices were independent of the leader's personal attributes. The study also revealed an inextricable link between trust and transformational leadership.
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Transformational Leadership, Administrator Characteristics, Instructional Leadership, Case Studies, Role, School Administration, Foreign Countries, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Correlation, Private Schools, Caring, Mentors, Questionnaires, Leadership Styles, Interviews, Focus Groups, Employee Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire
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