ERIC Number: EJ1219031
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Teachers Leading Teachers -- Understanding Middle-Leaders' Role and Thoughts about Career in the Context of a Changed Division of Labour
Hirsh, Åsa; Bergmo-Prvulovic, Ingela
School Leadership & Management, v39 n3-4 p352-371 2019
This longitudinal study aims to create in-depth knowledge about the phenomena of middle-leadership and career in school by identifying (1) driving forces for seeking and maintaining middle-leading positions, (2) opportunities and difficulties in maintaining the middle-leading role over time, and (3) underlying thoughts of career disclosed in the respondents' expressions. Five different reasons for seeking middle-leading positions are identified and driving forces for maintaining the position are categorised as either internal reward/non-observable outcomes or external reward/observable outcomes. Furthermore, the results show that different types of difficulties arise in distinct phases and that middle-leaders' needs for support therefore vary over time. Additionally, the complexity of teachers'/middle-leaders' career thinking clearly emerges, and implications for practice are discussed.
Descriptors: Middle Management, Career Development, Teacher Leadership, Foreign Countries, Occupational Information, Professional Identity, Rewards, Occupational Aspiration, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Leadership Role, Teacher Motivation, Role Perception
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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