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ERIC Number: EJ935800
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Sep
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0165-0653
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Jordanian School Counselors' Leadership Behaviors
Alsmadi, Rana; Mahasneh, Randa
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, v33 n3 p161-171 Sep 2011
The purpose of this study was to identify the degree to which Jordanian school counselors were seen by teachers and principals to possess and display leadership behaviors related to Bolman and Deal's (1997) transformational "four framework approach" to leadership. This was based on the view that such leadership would relate to counselors' effectiveness in their roles. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of teachers and principals designed to assess counselor leadership on four key dimensions (i) structural leadership, (ii) human resources leadership, (iii) political leadership, and (iv) symbolic leadership. The results of the study suggest high levels of transformational leadership among Jordanian school counselors as perceived by both teachers and principals. Principals assessed the levels more highly than teachers, with a significant difference evident. The results also showed a significant difference based on geographic area of the participants, even though those from all areas rated counselor leadership quite highly.
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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: Jordan
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