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Sheppard, Bruce; Hurley, Noel; Dibbon, David – Online Submission, 2010
The study reported in this paper advances the understanding of distributed leadership in schools, the role of the school principal in the facilitation of distributed leadership and its impact upon teachers' morale and enthusiasm for their work. While both the empirical base and practical application of distributed leadership has grown phenomenally…
Descriptors: Path Analysis, Teacher Morale, Teacher Leadership, Instructional Leadership
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Kruger, Meta L.; Witziers, Bob; Sleegers, Peter – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2007
This study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the antecedents and effects of educational leadership, and of the influence of the principal's leadership on intervening and outcome variables. A path analysis was conducted to test and validate a causal model. The results show no direct or indirect effects of educational leadership on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Instructional Leadership, School Culture, School Effectiveness
Ross, John A.; Gray, Peter – Canadian Journal of Education, 2006
Principals are held accountable for student achievement although most studies find that they have no direct effect on it. In this study we tested a model hypothesizing that principals contribute to student achievement indirectly through teacher commitment and beliefs about their collective capacity. Path analysis of data from 205 elementary…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Teacher Effectiveness, Path Analysis