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ERIC Number: EJ1238038
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1570-0763
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Conceptualizing Distributed Leadership: Diverse Voices of Positional Leaders in Early Childhood Education
Tam, Angela Choi Fung
Leadership and Policy in Schools, v18 n4 p701-718 2019
There has been little discussion about distributed leadership through the lens of beliefs. Principals and head teachers of two case-study kindergartens in Hong Kong were invited to be participants to examine how leaders think and act. Semi-structured interviews and shadowing were employed to collect data. The findings suggest that leaders' beliefs can be categorized into five dimensions: "understandings"; "what," "how," and "why" leadership is distributed; and "to whom leadership is distributed." It is suggested that the beliefs of leaders make a difference in leadership style, practices, and the assignment of duties to their followers.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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