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Bialik, Gadi; Gibton, Dan; Dror, Yuval – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2018
The study's target is to analyze how field-level coalition leaders, namely, the founding principals of Israeli specialized schools, perceive a "high-ambiguity and high-conflict" symbolic educational policy that apparently opposes the basic values that underlie the foundation of specialized schools. Based on an analysis of qualitative…
Descriptors: Ambiguity (Context), Conflict, Special Schools, Principals
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Armstrong, Denise E.; Woloshyn, Vera E. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2017
The department chair is a complex middle-management position located at the organizational fulcrum between faculty and senior administration. This qualitative study sought to develop a deeper understanding of chairs' experiences when enacting their dual roles as managers and scholars. Using a basic interpretative study design, we interviewed 10…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Ambiguity (Context), Conflict, Barriers