Organizational Leadership: The Case of the School Superintendent
- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- other
- Published by SAGE Publications in Educational Administration Quarterly
- Vol. 17 (2) , 45-65
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161x8101700204
Abstract
Two dimensions of the leadership of educational organizations are explored: (1) the day to day behavior of superintendents and (2) the meanings superintendents attach to their work. The work stems from related studies by the authors. Two clusters of patterns emerged from this analysis. First, superintending is communicating. Second, superintendents are constrained by social and organizational structures and, yet, control a major part of their day-to-day work and exert an important organizational influence. Questions are raised concerning the adequacy of the dominant notions about leadership.Keywords
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