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The Leadership Styles of School Principals in Secondary Schools in East Jerusalem

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  • Shadi Thaher

    (West University Timisoara, Romania)

  • Diana Sala

    (West University Timisoara, Romania)

  • Marian Nastase

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)

Abstract

The article is investigating the leadership style of Arab school principals of the secondary school in East Jerusalem. It discusses the educational situation of East Jerusalem in the complex and very particular context of the city of Jerusalem. Based on a survey of a representative sample of 375 teachers in secondary schools, the researcher identified the leadership styles practiced by their school principal: autocratic, democratic and permissive. The research found that democratic leadership style is the most practiced leadership style with a high degree of approval (3.76), given the score for characteristics and features of this style and with the greatest relative weight (75.27%). The "autocratic leadership style" ranked second, with 2.84 (medium) degree of approval and relative weight of (56.82%) and the permissive leadership style ranked third, with 2.54 (low- to medium) degree of approval and relative weight of (50.85%). These results indicate that a change is happening in the leadership styles used by school principals in East Jerusalem, towards a more democratic leadership style, however still heavily influenced by the traditional Arab culture.

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  • Shadi Thaher & Diana Sala & Marian Nastase, 2022. "The Leadership Styles of School Principals in Secondary Schools in East Jerusalem," REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 23(1), pages 6-20, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:rmcimn:v:23:y:2022:i:1:p:6-20
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    Keywords

    leadership style; school principals; secondary school; East Jerusalem;
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    JEL classification:

    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • L32 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises

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