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School Systems' Practices of Controlling Socialization during Principal Succession: Looking through the Lens of an Organizational Socialization Theory
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Bengtson, Ed; Zepeda, Sally J.; Parylo, Oksana – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2013
The importance of effective school leadership is well known. The inevitable changing of school leaders raises concerns over the successfulness of the succession process. Directly linked to leader succession is socialization; therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the processes and practices of school systems that control the…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Principals, Organizational Theories, Educational Practices
Examining the Planning and Management of Principal Succession
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Zepeda, Sally J.; Bengtson, Ed; Parylo, Oksana – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine principal succession planning and management by analyzing current practices of handling school leader succession in four Georgia school systems. Design/methodology/approach: Looking through the lens of organizational leadership succession theory, the practices of school systems as they experienced…
Descriptors: Principals, Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, Mentors