ERIC Number: EJ1037986
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 17
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Norwegian Superintendents as Mediators of Change Initiatives
Paulsen, Jan Merok
Leadership and Policy in Schools, v13 n4 p407-423 2014
The underlying theoretical argument in this article views municipal school superintendents in the Nordic context as middle managers in organizational theory terminology. Empirical support for this discussion emerges from national data collected among Norwegian school superintendents in 2009. Findings show that the actual work and leadership functions of Norwegian school superintendents match theoretical properties of middle managers fairly well. Findings also suggest school superintendents actively mediate tensions embedded in the current Norwegian educational policy stream. Specifically, central aims derived from accountability discourse are filtered out and translated into traditional school-development and pedagogical-leadership discourse at the local managerial level.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Superintendents, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Administration, Organizational Theories, Middle Management, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Leadership Responsibility, Leadership Role, Accountability, Administrative Organization, Educational Opportunities, Coordinators, Facilitators (Individuals), Advocacy, Preferences, Alignment (Education), Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
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