Distributed Leadership as a Path to Organizational Commitment: The Case of a Lebanese School

Autor/inn/en	Berjaoui, Roula Rafic; Karami-Akkary, Rima
Titel	Distributed Leadership as a Path to Organizational Commitment: The Case of a Lebanese School
Quelle	In: Leadership and Policy in Schools, 19 (2020) 4, S.610-624 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Karami-Akkary, Rima)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1570-0763
DOI	10.1080/15700763.2019.1637900
Schlagwörter	Leadership Styles; Leadership Role; Participative Decision Making; Organizational Climate; Power Structure; Teacher Attitudes; Private Schools; School Administration; Vertical Organization; Authoritarianism; Cultural Context; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Foreign Countries; Lebanon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Führungsstil; Organisationsklima; Lehrerverhalten; Private school; Privatschule; Autoritarismus; Ausland; Libanon
Abstract	This study explores distributed leadership in school characterized by high teacher organizational commitment using case study research. Leadership is distributed in formal and informal manners. Teachers were directly involved in academic but not in administrative decision-making. Although school lacks democratic leadership, teachers' organizational commitment remained high. This is due to the surrounding authoritarian Lebanese culture that normalizes the formal leaders monopoly on decision-making especially administrative decisions perceived to be outside the realm of teachers' expertise. Results suggest recommendations for the transformation of schools to professional communities that adopt a distributed form of leadership where teachers' voices are invited. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01