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Alba, Cornelia Anca (2010) Leadership, emotions and school outcomes in Romania. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
Personal and collective emotions play an important role in our private and social
lives. Educational research suggests that emotions are powerful motivational
forces that can impact upon leadership practices as well as on teaching and
learning at individual and classroom level. However, less is known about the role
of emotional experiences and displays in relation to leadership practices and
school outcomes at organisational level.
In order to develop more substantial knowledge, this mixed method study aims to
explore the relationship between leadership styles, emotions and school outcomes
from an organisational perspective in several urban schools from Timisoara,
Romania. A sample of 408 teaching and non-teaching staff from 18 schools took
part in a survey and 14 participants from two selected case study schools took part
in semi-structured interviews.
A widely used model of leadership is proposed by Bass & Avolio (1994) who
identify transformational, transactional and laissez-faire practices. In this study,
the quantitative data analysis using the Multifactorial Leadership Questionnaire
developed by Bass and Avolio (ibid) suggests that a hybrid leadership that
combines transformational and transactional elements such as contingent reward,
individual consideration and charismatic behaviours is positively associated with
positive emotions such as joy, enthusiasm and hope and with better outcomes
such as perceived school success. The survey findings identify more variation and
subtlety of negative emotions compared to positive emotions and also examine the
role of self-other rapport in experiencing and displaying emotion at work.
Secondly, the qualitative data reveal various contextualized meanings of
leadership, emotions and school success, provides an integrated perspective of
findings and allows for comparison of the overall results with previously
published literature.
Furthermore, the thesis presents emergent theoretical models for the study of
leadership, emotions and school development and performance. Finally, the
implications of the overall findings for policy and practice are discussed by taking
into consideration the Romanian cultural and educational context.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HM Sociology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Leadership, Emotions, Urban schools -- Romania -- Timisoara, School administrators -- Romania -- Timisoara, Teachers -- Romania -- Timisoara | ||||
Official Date: | August 2010 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Institute of Education | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Harris, Alma, 1958- ; Bush, Tony, 1943- | ||||
Extent: | viii, 361 leaves : ill., charts | ||||
Language: | eng |
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