Bicephalous Leadership Structure: An Exploratory Study in Chile

Autor/inn/en	Aravena, Felipe; Quiroga, Marta
Titel	Bicephalous Leadership Structure: An Exploratory Study in Chile
Quelle	In: International Journal of Leadership in Education, 22 (2019) 6, S.670-684 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3124
DOI	10.1080/13603124.2018.1492022
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Leadership Role; School Effectiveness; Instructional Leadership; Principals; Leadership Effectiveness; Research and Instruction Units; Administrators; Administrative Organization; Interprofessional Relationship; Chile + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schuleffizienz; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Principal; Schulleiter; Führungseffizienz; Forschung und Lehre; Sonderforschungsbereich
Abstract	Scholars have produced a substantial body of research to analyze how school leaders can change their schools in challenging circumstances to improve organizational conditions, professional relationships, teaching and learning practices, and student outcomes. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the complex structure of leadership in the learning area that has been created, as a consequence of Chilean educational policy, between principals and Heads of Technical Pedagogical Units (HTPUs). Chile has defined a particular leadership role within school organizations denominated Head of Technical Pedagogical Units (HTPU). This study used a multi-method approach, employing both qualitative and quantitative methods, to understand the leadership relationship between principals and HTPUs. The data results show that HTPUs have had to share leadership with principals, a phenomenon referred to as a bicephalous structure. This situation has resulted in a division of tasks and roles, and thus has introduced more complexity into the school context and an unproductive relationship in terms of leadership for learning. Distributed leadership should be considered as a real alternative to deal effectively with the bicephalous structure of leadership found in the Chilean scenario. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01