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50 Years of ERIC
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Oplatka, Izhar – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2013
The current study aimed to understand the principal's role in promoting or inhibiting the appearance of teacher organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) in safety education. Based on semistructured interviews with 30 teachers and 10 principals working in the Israeli State Education System, it was found that the principal influences teacher…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Teacher Behavior, Safety Education
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Oplatka, Izhar – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2007
The purpose of this explorative study was to trace the career experiences, problems, and issues of school principals in late-career stage, the place given to this stage in the principal's career cycle, and the way by which late career is interpreted in principals' life accounts. Based on life story interviews with twelve male and female principals…
Descriptors: Principals, Interviews, Instructional Leadership, Adults
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Oplatka, Izhar – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2004
The current paper reports the findings of a study that sought to identify Israeli prospective teachers' perspectives about educational leadership in relation to "masculine" and "feminine" leadership orientations. The first purpose of the study was to expose prospective elementary teachers' conceptions about the "ideal" principal. The second was to…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Sexual Identity