Changing with the Times: Report on School Leadership in a Society in Transition
The present study examined the status of leadership in the secondary education sector of a society in transition from an economic engine based on tribal ties and oil production to one that is diversified and meritocratic. It focused on high schools as one of the focal points of top–down intervention...
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| author | Muhammad Othman Alhuzaim Omar Elmoussa Maura A. E. Pilotti |
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| description | The present study examined the status of leadership in the secondary education sector of a society in transition from an economic engine based on tribal ties and oil production to one that is diversified and meritocratic. It focused on high schools as one of the focal points of top–down interventions intended to promote social change. The study relied on the MLQ-5x to collect the views of leadership styles and outcomes that high-school leaders (principals) attribute to themselves and that constituents (teachers) attribute to them. A stratified random sample of high schools in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia was tested. In this study, transformational leadership was the prevailing style for both leaders’ self-attributions and constituents’ attributions, suggesting that change is now an accepted notion. However, only a moderate level of agreement existed between leaders and constituents on the actual persons who embody it, thereby indicating that the translation of abstract ideas into practical realities is a work in progress. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-beefa6a3a0044dceb721acfce1b75eee2023-11-23T15:55:39ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022022-08-0112959710.3390/educsci12090597Changing with the Times: Report on School Leadership in a Society in TransitionMuhammad Othman Alhuzaim0Omar Elmoussa1Maura A. E. Pilotti2Department of Student Affairs, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, P.O. Box 1664, Al Khobar 31952, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Sciences and Human Studies, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, P.O. Box 1664, Al Khobar 31952, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Sciences and Human Studies, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, P.O. Box 1664, Al Khobar 31952, Saudi ArabiaThe present study examined the status of leadership in the secondary education sector of a society in transition from an economic engine based on tribal ties and oil production to one that is diversified and meritocratic. It focused on high schools as one of the focal points of top–down interventions intended to promote social change. The study relied on the MLQ-5x to collect the views of leadership styles and outcomes that high-school leaders (principals) attribute to themselves and that constituents (teachers) attribute to them. A stratified random sample of high schools in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia was tested. In this study, transformational leadership was the prevailing style for both leaders’ self-attributions and constituents’ attributions, suggesting that change is now an accepted notion. However, only a moderate level of agreement existed between leaders and constituents on the actual persons who embody it, thereby indicating that the translation of abstract ideas into practical realities is a work in progress.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/12/9/597leadershipMiddle Eastschool managementeconomic and social change |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Othman Alhuzaim Omar Elmoussa Maura A. E. Pilotti Changing with the Times: Report on School Leadership in a Society in Transition Education Sciences leadership Middle East school management economic and social change |
| title | Changing with the Times: Report on School Leadership in a Society in Transition |
| title_full | Changing with the Times: Report on School Leadership in a Society in Transition |
| title_fullStr | Changing with the Times: Report on School Leadership in a Society in Transition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changing with the Times: Report on School Leadership in a Society in Transition |
| title_short | Changing with the Times: Report on School Leadership in a Society in Transition |
| title_sort | changing with the times report on school leadership in a society in transition |
| topic | leadership Middle East school management economic and social change |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/12/9/597 |
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