Current International Trends in Formal Socialization to the Principalship: An Exploratory Multiple Case Study
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2013-02-08
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This qualitative multiple case study explored current international trends in the
socialization of those aspiring to the school principalship in Canada, Australia, England,
Finland, and the United States. The focus was on the formal socialization of principals
through preparation programs and addressed the questions of why and how formal
socialization is sought, its importance to those programs as well as the governmentally-espoused
purposes and structures of those programs.
The study provided insight into the formal socialization process in
organizations derived from publically accessible on-line documents dealing with
principal preparation programs in the above jurisdictions. Findings indicated a trend
towards formal, as opposed to informal, socialization into the role of school principal
through the provision of preparation programs, which have a formal structure consisting
of both internal and external elements. An integrated structural framework representing
formal principal preparation programs across the five jurisdictions was presented. Nine
recommendations are given for principal preparation programs.
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Education--Administration
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Kun, D. (2013). Current International Trends in Formal Socialization to the Principalship: An Exploratory Multiple Case Study (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25506