Leadership competencies of school principals : the case of urban and rural private schools in Pakistan

• Autorzy: Hartijasti Y. , Afzal S.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17512/pjms.2016.14.2.07

Warianty tytułu

PL

Kompetencje przywódcze dyrektorów szkół : przypadek miejkich i wiejskich szkół prywatnych w Pakistanie

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Private schools have been growing in urban and rural areas to improve the quality of education in Pakistan and have become the second largest employer after textile industry. With a little government budget on education, there is a lack of monitoring on the minimum standard of education in Pakistan. Therefore the quality of education depends primarily on the way schools are managed. The objective of this study is to explore the leadership competencies of private school principals in Pakistan urban and rural areas. Content analysis was utilized to analyze written responses from 26 private schools. This study reveals that in urban and rural areas private school principals are perceived to have strong personal characters but lack the competencies to drive results. The main finding of this study is that leadership competencies of personal characters and driving results are perceived as two independent aspects, instead of complimenting to one another. This is one of the reasons why many private schools fail to retain students to complete a full cycle of basic education.

PL

Szkoły prywatne wykazują poprawę jakości edukacji w Pakistanie zarówno na obszarach miejskich jak i wiejskich; i stały się drugim największym pracodawcą po przemyśle włókienniczym. Niewielki rządowy budżet przeznaczony na edukację powoduje brak monitoringu w kwestii zapwenienia minimalnego poziomu edukacji w Pakistanie. Dlatego jakość edukacji zależy przede wszystkim od tego, w jaki sposób szkoły są zarządzane. Celem artykułu jest zbadanie kompetencji przywódczych dyrektorów szkół prywatnych na obszarach miejskich i wiejskich w Pakistanie. Analiza problemu została oparta na studiach wywiadów pisemnych z 26 szkół prywatnych. Badanie to pokazuje, że na obszarach miejskich i wiejskich dyrektorzy szkół prywatnych posiadają silne cechy osobowe, ale również brak kompetencji do osiągania wyników. Głównym wnioskiem artykułu jest to, iż kompetencje przywódcze dyrektórów i osiągane wyniki odbierane są jako dwa niezależne aspekty, zamiast wskazania wzajemnie silnych relacji. Jest to jeden z powodów niskiej jakości kształcenia i problemów szkół z utrzymaniem uczniów do ukończenia pełnego cyklu kształcenia podstawowego.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

leadership competencies; private school principals; urban areas; rural areas; basic education; content analysis

PL

kompetencje przywódcze; dyrektor szkoły prywatnej; obszary miejskie; obszary wiejskie; Pakistan; edukacja podstawowa; analiza treści

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 14, No. 2
• Strony: 71--81
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 30 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Hartijasti Y.

• Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Indonesia

autor

Afzal S.

• Educational Assessment, Systems and Training, Pakistan

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Uwagi

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017).