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Bellemans, Lore; Devos, Geert; Tuytens, Melissa; Vekeman, Eva – Journal of Educational Administration, 2023
Purpose: Work-related stress is a significant occupational health issue. Stress cannot be viewed separately from the perceptual or interpretive act by the individual. Self-efficacy is a personal characteristic that explains a high proportion of variation in the performance of school principals. Design/methodology/approach: The current study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Administrator Attitudes, Principals
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Daniëls, Ellen; Hondeghem, Annie; Heystek, Jan – Journal of Educational Administration, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer insight into school leaders' and teachers' perspectives on leadership behaviour and its impact on their mutual relationships. Research papers that include perspectives from both school leaders and teachers are relatively scarce in the field of education. However, it is important to take account of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools
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Van Maele, Dimitri; Van Houtte, Mieke – Journal of Educational Administration, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider trust as an important relational source in schools by exploring whether trust lowers teacher burnout. The authors examine how trust relationships with different school parties such as the principal relate to distinct dimensions of teacher burnout. The authors further analyze whether school-level…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship, Teacher Burnout, Prevention
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Devos, G.; Bouckenooghe, D.; Engels, N.; Hotton, G.; Aelterman, A. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2007
Purpose: The goal of this inquiry is to indicate which individual, organisational and external environment factors contribute to a better understanding of the well-being of Flemish primary school principals. Design/methodology/approach: Data from a representative sample of primary schools in Flanders (n = 46) were gathered through questionnaires…
Descriptors: School Culture, Job Satisfaction, Self Efficacy, Psychology
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Vandenberghe, Roland – Journal of Educational Administration, 1995
A common theme of both internal and environmental school leadership is the expectation that principals justify permanently the specific decisions they make. This justification is a main requirement for creative leadership. Data from four Belgian primary school studies illustrate that teachers are confronted with different justification styles and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Creative Thinking, Decision Making, Elementary Education
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Vandenberghe, Roland – Journal of Educational Administration, 1992
Attributes role changes for Belgian principals to turbulence in the policymaking arena and to involvement in large-scale improvement projects during the past 20 years. Principal's tasks are grouped around two sets of activities: assessing the importance of external and internal factors on the local school and making central policies more…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decentralization, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy