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ERIC Number: EJ1442083
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1360-3124
EISSN: EISSN-1464-5092
Teachers' Beliefs about Their Leadership Practices and Leadership Opportunities: Lesson from the Correlation Study in Urban Pakistan
Sher Afzal; Meher Rizvi
International Journal of Leadership in Education, v27 n5 p1150-1171 2024
This paper reports on the findings from a quantitative study regarding the correlation between teachers' beliefs about their practices as leaders and the available leadership opportunities in six dimensions: developmental focused, recognition, collegiality, communication, autonomy and positive environment. The data were collected by administering a survey questionnaire among all the 220 teachers working in different schools under the umbrella of a private school system in Karachi, Pakistan. The analysis has revealed the existence of a significant correlation between teachers' beliefs about their practices as leaders and available leadership opportunities in the six dimensions to a varying extent -- strong in the dimension of positive environment, moderate in collegiality and communication and weak in developmental focus, recognition and autonomy. The existence of significant correlation implies that teachers' practices as leaders can be enhanced through intentional intervention by providing them with opportunities in the schools. Further analysis of teachers' responses toward the items has revealed that teachers' practices as leaders can beĀ improved through developing a positive environment in the school, providing teachers with ongoing professional development opportunities and involving them in the decision-making process.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pakistan
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