Abstract
Much research focuses on the leadership values/ethics of leadership but strangely, very little values/ethics research focuses on school principal succession and its implications. For the past 3 years, our research, sponsored by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada , has studied the impact of rapid principal succession on teachers in twelve schools in six Nova Scotia n school boards. Our research has revealed that the negotiation and elucidation of the values constructs between the new principal and the teachers influences trust, morale, and teachers’ sense of efficacy. These have strong personal and professional implications (positively and negatively) for teachers and their work before, during and after principal succession events. This chapter is an initial examination of the decision-making process through which teachers and principals appear to come to understand each others’ values and values constructs.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada . The authors would also like to thank the teachers, administrators, and the school boards who agreed to participate in this study.
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Meyer, M., Macmillan, R., Northfield, S., Foley, M. (2011). Principal Turnover and the Impact on Teacher–Principal Relationships: Mitigating Emerging Values Issues. In: White, R., Cooper, K. (eds) Principals in Succession. Studies in Educational Leadership, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1275-1_6
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