Toward a Theory of Sympathetic Leadership: Asian American School Administrators' Expectations for Justice and Excellence

Autor/inn/en	Liou, Daniel D.; Liang, Jia
Titel	Toward a Theory of Sympathetic Leadership: Asian American School Administrators' Expectations for Justice and Excellence
Quelle	In: Educational Administration Quarterly, 57 (2021) 3, S.403-436 (34 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Liou, Daniel D.) ORCID (Liang, Jia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-161X
DOI	10.1177/0013161X20941915
Schlagwörter	Asian Americans; Females; Administrators; Administrator Attitudes; Urban Schools; Empathy; Social Justice; Beliefs; Expectation; Leadership Styles; Racial Bias; Equal Education; Transformational Leadership; Epistemology; Immigrants; Instructional Leadership; Principals; Elementary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Weibliches Geschlecht; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Empathie; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Belief; Glaube; Expectancy; Erwartung; Führungsstil; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Erkenntnistheorie; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Principal; Schulleiter; Elementarunterricht
Abstract	Purpose: This qualitative case study illuminates the leadership practices of four female Asian American administrators in urban schools. Due to their underrepresentation in leadership roles, the need is pressing for research to capture concrete exemplars on beliefs and practices of sympathy based on an asset-oriented approach to school leadership. The study's research questions include (a) How do Asian American school administrators define their social justice beliefs and expectations for their school community? (b) How do these four Asian American school administrators communicate their expectations through sympathetic leadership to resist deficit models of education? Method: This study includes four research participants from two states. Data collection includes two rounds of in-depth interviews, field observations, reflective memos, and archival sources. Data analysis is guided by inductive approaches. Findings: Research findings demonstrate how Asian American school administrators define social justice through four relational practices with their community: (a) develop intimate knowledge of students and their racialized history, (b) enact asset-based sympathy as a condition of solidarity, (c) form connections based on relational equity to counteract White supremacy, and (d) prepare students for an equitable future through intellectual rigor. Implications: This study contends that leadership must begin with an epistemic shift from racial indifference and deficit thinking to the practice of sympathetic touch. Social justice revolution in schools and society starts when the minds and expectations of the leaders and those they serve become one and the same. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01