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Mohd Tahir, Lokman; Berhandden Musah, Mohammed; Ali, Mohd Fadzli; Abdullah, Abdul Halim; Hamzah, Mohd Hilmi – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2023
This study reports on the professional development and school leadership programmes requested by principals in Malaysian schools. A total of 557 principals provided feedback on their preferred school leadership and professional development programmes which they believed as essential to be effective school leaders. Based on their feedback,…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Leadership Training
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Tahir, Lokman; Musah, Mohammed Borhandden; Panatik, Siti Aisyah; Ali, Mohd Fadzli; Said, Mohd Nihra Haruzuan Mohd – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2019
Unquestionably, studies focusing on school leaders' stress while managing schools have received extensive attention. However, there is still a lack of research focusing on deputies' stress, even though deputies play an essential role in a school's improvement process. Despite deputies' dual roles, it is an accepted fact that deputies do experience…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Administration, Elementary Schools, Stress Variables
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Waheed, Zarina; Hussin, Sufean; Khan, Muhammad Ilyas; Ghavifekr, Simin; Bahadur, Waheed – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2019
Leaders' ethical behaviours and conducts are prerequisites for an effective change. The purpose of this qualitative comparative case study was to explore ethical leadership practices in selected transformed schools from Selangor, Malaysia. Two schools (a primary school and a secondary school) were selected as study sites. Data were collected…
Descriptors: Ethics, Instructional Leadership, Educational Change, Case Studies
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Tahir, Lokman; Thakib, Mohd Taufiq Mohd; Hamzah, Mohd Hilmi; Said, Mohd Nihra Haruzuan Mohd; Musah, Mohammed Borhandden – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
Most studies in headship focus on the elements of training and head teachers' capabilities in leading schools. The concept of isolation experienced by head teachers during the early years of their headship is, however, overlooked. This article attempts to explore the neglected aspect of headships' experiences with isolation that later contributes…
Descriptors: Novices, Professional Isolation, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
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Ng, Ashley Yoon-Mooi – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
This paper examines the preparation of school principals in Malaysia, and the aspiration of the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2013-2025 to ensure high-performing school leaders in every school. It reports on the principal preparatory programme, the National Professional Qualification for Educational Leaders, which is mandatory to those who aspire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, Administrator Education, Principals
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Tahir, Lokman; Haruzuan Mohd Said, Mohd Nihra; Daud, Khadijah; Vazhathodi, Shafeeq H.; Khan, Aqeel – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
In this article we examine the mentoring program for novice headteachers and what they perceive as its purposes, as well as the constraints to successfully implementing it in Malaysian schools. Using a survey research design we analysed responses from 200 newly appointed headteachers from two state departments of education, and interviewed six…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Beginning Principals, Administrator Attitudes