The Strategic Thinking Skills of Hong Kong School Leaders: Usage and Effectiveness

Autor/inn/en	Pang, Nicholas Sun-Keung; Pisapia, John
Titel	The Strategic Thinking Skills of Hong Kong School Leaders: Usage and Effectiveness
Quelle	In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 40 (2012) 3, S.343-361 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-1432
DOI	10.1177/1741143212436962
Schlagwörter	Factor Structure; Leadership Effectiveness; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Principals; Thinking Skills; Administrator Effectiveness; Best Practices; Individual Characteristics; Institutional Characteristics; Correlation; Predictor Variables; Questionnaires; Systems Approach; Leadership Styles; Reflection; Use Studies; Schematic Studies; Strategic Planning; Administrator Attitudes; Change Strategies; Educational Administration; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenstruktur; Führungseffizienz; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Principal; Schulleiter; Denkfähigkeit; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Fragebogen; Systemischer Ansatz; Führungsstil; Benutzerschulung; Schematheorie; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Hongkong
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to identify strategic thinking skills that distinguish effective school leaders in Hong Kong. Three constructs framed the study: strategic thinking skills, organizational-personal characteristics, and school leader effectiveness. This study used a quantitative non-experimental design, and univariate and correlation techniques to identify the relationships between the variables examined. Five hundred and forty-three (543) school leaders participated in the study. The factor structure of the strategic thinking questionnaire (STQ) in the Chinese context was validated. The results confirmed that a link between use of strategic thinking skills and leader effectiveness exists. The strategic thinking skills profile of Hong Kong school leaders is formed around systems thinking; it is the strongest predictor of leader effectiveness. This thinking profile changes depending on role assignment, school type, and environmental complexity. Principals use systems thinking and reframing in tandem. Vice-principals use reframing more often than the other skills. Senior masters use strategic thinking skills significantly less often than principals and vice-principals. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10