A conceptual framework for understanding the working relationship between school principals and vice-principals

A conceptual framework for understanding the working relationship between school principals and vice-principals

• Wong, Ping Man Dept of Educational Policy & Administration, Hong Kong Institute of Education

School Leadership & Management, 29(2), 157-179, 2009

Routledge

2009

• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RH Supervisors, School Principals & Administrators
• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RE School Management, School-Parents Relationship

Interpersonal Relations Assistant School Principals School Principals School Administrators -- Attitudes Educational Leadership School Management & Organization Principalship Vice-Principalship School-Based Management School Leadership

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education
• Secondary Education

Vice-principals' role and their relationship with principals are of paramount importance in shaping the effectiveness of school management, particularly after the implementation of school-based management (SBM) worldwide. This paper reports primarily on prior studies on the vice-principalship and suggests a framework to help explain the different working relationships between principals and vice-principals. The framework is a matrix based on three dimensions, namely status, roles and management tasks. The framework was then examined through an illustrative case study. What emerged was that the framework provides a powerful means to explain the different combinations of relationship between principals and vice-principals.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 13632434

• 10.1080/13632430902775558

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/c3985b35

2011-01-21