Using a structural equation modelling approach (SEM) to examine leadership of heads of subject departments (HODs) as perceived by principals and vice-principals, heads of subject departments and teachers within 'school based management' (SBM) secondary schools: Some evidence from Hong Kong

Using a structural equation modelling approach (SEM) to examine leadership of heads of subject departments (HODs) as perceived by principals and vice-principals, heads of subject departments and teachers within 'school based management' (SBM) secondary schools: Some evidence from Hong Kong

• Au, Loretta Yin Ching Centre for Educational Studies, University of Hull, UK
• Wright, Nigel Centre for Educational Studies, University of Hull, UK
• Botton, Christopher Centre for Educational Studies, University of Hull, UK

School Leadership & Management, 23(4), 481-498, 2003

Routledge

2003

• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RE School Management, School-Parents Relationship
• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RF School Supervision, Accountability & Inspection: Education Indicators, Privatization of School

Educational Leadership Leadership School Management & Organization Education, Secondary High Schools Hong Kong Administrative Structure and Process Organization and Process

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

This article reports the use of a Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) technique as a means of exploring our understanding of the leadership of Heads of Subject Departments within School Based Management (SBM) secondary schools in Hong Kong. Arguments made by Gronn (1999, 2000), Spillane et al. (2001) suggest that studies of leadership need to focus more on a distributed model rather than seeing leadership as residing solely in the titular head of the organisation. Other recent studies (Busher & Harris 1999; Harris 2001) have examined the role of middle managers. This article explores SEM as a means of offering important measurement and insight in this complex area. The structural models generated and presented support a new integrative model of the leadership activities and behaviours of the HODs within SBM secondary schools in Hong Kong. Some initial findings (Au 2003) are reported based on a return rate of 83% from a dataset of 2739 teachers, HODs, school principals and vice- principals taken from a sample of 110 government and non-government SBM secondary schools in Hong Kong.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 13632434

• 10.1080/1363243032000150999

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