Internationally Minded Schools as Cultural Artefacts: Implications for School Leadership

Autor/in	Hill, Ian
Titel	Internationally Minded Schools as Cultural Artefacts: Implications for School Leadership
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in International Education, 13 (2014) 3, S.175-189 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1475-2409
DOI	10.1177/1475240914556199
Schlagwörter	School Administration; Leadership; International Education; Organizational Culture; Cultural Influences; Social Influences; Ethnicity; Imagery; Leadership Styles; Individualism; Collectivism; Organizational Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Führung; Führungsposition; Internationale Erziehung; Unternehmenskultur; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Ethnizität; Metaphorik; Führungsstil; Individualismus; Organisationstheorie
Abstract	This article adopts a non-rational, existential, subjective approach to school leadership, on the assumption that rational models provide useful pointers on mechanics such as time management, coaching and staff evaluation, but are less appropriate for grasping the essence of leadership which resides in managing interpersonal relationships and the individual interpretation of reality. A view of internationally minded schools as complex cultural artefacts is explored with reference to scholars of organisation theory and cultural dimensions. Schools are a repository of societal cultures which the leadership attempts to weave into a cohesive tapestry of educational vision and commitment, and this, in turn, becomes the organisational culture. Implications for leadership awareness and behaviour stemming from this perspective are that there are no fixed ways of construing social reality, artistic and literary images are helpful for unravelling social reality, and reflection on whether social reality is individually or collectively defined. The article concludes with discussion of an appropriate style for successfully leading internationally minded schools conceived as cultural artefacts. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10