Current interest in distributed sources of leadership is pervasive among both researchers and practicing leaders (e.g., Harris, 2009; Hammersley-Fletcher and Brundrett, 2005; Storey, 2004). Nevertheless, systematic evidence is modest, at best, about the factors that influence the nature and extent of distributed leadership in schools, as well as the consequences of distributed patterns of leadership for schools and students. The study reported in this paper examined the relationships between four patterns of distributed leadership and a selected set of teacher beliefs likely influence teachers’ leadership distribution preferences. The study also examined the relationship between the four patterns of leadership distribution and teachers’ academic optimism.
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Mascall, B., Leithwood, K., Strauss, T., Sacks, R. (2009). The Relationship Between Distributed Leadership and Teachers’ Academic Optimism. In: Harris, A. (eds) Distributed Leadership. Studies in Educational Leadership, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9737-9_5
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