Emotional Trajectory at Different Career Stages of Principalship: A Perspective from Excellent Principals

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Junjun; Walker, Allan
Titel	Emotional Trajectory at Different Career Stages of Principalship: A Perspective from Excellent Principals
Quelle	In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 51 (2023) 2, S.384-404 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chen, Junjun)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-1432
DOI	10.1177/1741143220985300
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Principals; Emotional Response; Psychological Patterns; Emotional Experience; Career Development; Acting; Success; Developmental Stages; Novices; Expertise; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Principal; Schulleiter; Emotionales Verhalten; Berufsentwicklung; Aktionstheater; Erfolg; Expert appraisal
Abstract	Emotions hover like a shadow over the lives and work of school principals. This study aimed to build an understanding of principals' emotional trajectories across principalship career stages by investigating the life stories of four excellent principals from China who were approaching retirement. The major data source was semi-structured interviews conducted with the participating principals. This study is a first to attempt to capture the dynamic emotional trajectory of excellent principals. The results show that the principals experienced more negative emotions than positive emotions during the earlier stages of their careers, but fewer negative and more positive emotions during the later stages. The principals tended to adopt genuine expressions throughout their principalship in order to achieve desirable consequences. They were more likely to utilise surface acting strategies during earlier career stages, but more deep acting strategies to achieve emotional consonance later in their careers as they became more confident about accomplishing professional goals. The study offers fresh insights into principals' emotional trajectories. The findings aim to better inform principals, scholars and policy makers about the place and shape of principal emotional leadership. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01