Coupland, Christine, Currie, Graeme and Boyett, Inger. (2008) New public management and a modernization agenda : implications for school leadership. International Journal of Public Administration, Vol.31 (No.9). pp. 1079-1094. ISSN 0190-0692

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Abstract

We argue that New Public Management (NPM) under New Labor in the U.K. contains paradoxical demands due to an attempt to attend to both social and economic goals. One context in which this is evident is that of Secondary School leadership. New calls for citizen-type activities and inclusive stakeholder decision-making activity is at odds with Principals being made increasingly accountable due to government preoccupation with standards and targets for pupils' attainment. Resources for identities constructed from the New Public Management rhetoric of participative, discretionary, democratic and transformational leadership abound, however, these are drawn on and subverted as individual Principals and Deputy Principals describe their new roles and relationships with one another.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > International Centre for Governance & Public Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	International Journal of Public Administration
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Inc.
ISSN:	0190-0692
Date:	2008
Volume:	Vol.31
Number:	No.9
Number of Pages:	16
Page Range:	pp. 1079-1094
Identification Number:	10.1080/01900690801945673
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/44969

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