At Your Service 24/7: Preschool Managers on Their Tasks and Daily Work

Autor/inn/en	Franzén, Karin; Hjalmarsson, Maria
Titel	At Your Service 24/7: Preschool Managers on Their Tasks and Daily Work
Quelle	In: Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 41 (2021) 1, S.23-35 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hjalmarsson, Maria)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-5146
DOI	10.1080/09575146.2018.1478392
Schlagwörter	Preschools; Administrator Attitudes; Educational Administration; Administrators; Administrator Responsibility; Leadership; Educational Planning; Teacher Administrator Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Führung; Führungsposition; Bildungsplanung
Abstract	This article focuses on Swedish preschool managers' views of their tasks and daily work: activities, conditions, challenges and ideas on leadership. Five preschool managers were asked to write diary notes during a couple of weeks at work. Through the analysis process, we were inspired by Yukl's hierarchical behaviour taxonomy. The taxonomy divides leadership behaviours into four parts, task-oriented, relations-oriented, change-oriented and external. The taxonomy was used in terms of positions the managers navigate between, rather than considering them as being bearers of certain behaviours. Data indicate that these preschool managers mainly use the task-oriented and the relation-oriented position. We noticed that they also activate positions oriented to change and external contacts and network building, but to a significantly lesser extent. They solve all kind of problems and many of their stories are about how they strive to meet the needs of children, parents and staff. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01