TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions of courage
T2 - Elementary school leaders’ perspectives
AU - Dor-Haim, Peleg
AU - Nir, Adam
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Despite the extensive research that has been done on the courage of managers in for-profit organisations, the courage of educational leaders has not been systematically studied. Educational leaders’ courage is unique since it requires them to act under conditions of ambiguity with only limited ability to justify their actions. The current study examines the perceptions of public school principals regarding the manifestations of courage on their job and the meaning they attribute to each of them. Based on 20 semi-structured interviews with Israeli elementary school principals, four distinctive patterns of courage were found: (a) courage to initiate change and innovations in school; (b) courage to change one's own perspectives following a forced change; (c) courage to stand up for one's own personal values; and (d) courage to defend organisational norms that are challenged. Based on the analysis, several insights are provided, and practical implications are suggested.
AB - Despite the extensive research that has been done on the courage of managers in for-profit organisations, the courage of educational leaders has not been systematically studied. Educational leaders’ courage is unique since it requires them to act under conditions of ambiguity with only limited ability to justify their actions. The current study examines the perceptions of public school principals regarding the manifestations of courage on their job and the meaning they attribute to each of them. Based on 20 semi-structured interviews with Israeli elementary school principals, four distinctive patterns of courage were found: (a) courage to initiate change and innovations in school; (b) courage to change one's own perspectives following a forced change; (c) courage to stand up for one's own personal values; and (d) courage to defend organisational norms that are challenged. Based on the analysis, several insights are provided, and practical implications are suggested.
KW - School principals’ courage
KW - courage at work
KW - courage in education
KW - elementary school leaders
KW - school principal
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85162962723&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/17411432231177534
DO - 10.1177/17411432231177534
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AN - SCOPUS:85162962723
SN - 1741-1432
JO - Educational Management Administration and Leadership
JF - Educational Management Administration and Leadership
ER -