eprintid: 1542148
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creators_name: Edge, KE
creators_name: Descours, K
creators_name: Frayman, K
title: Generation X School Leaders as Agents of Care: Leader and Teacher Perspectives from Toronto, New York City and London
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J82
keywords: Leadership; Generation X; global cities; care; collective efficacy; work/life balance
note: © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access
article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution
(CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
abstract: This paper draws on evidence from our three-year Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded research study of the lives, careers, experiences and aspirations of Generation X (under 40 years of age) principals and vice-principals in London, New York City, and Toronto. More specifically, the paper examines interview evidence from nine school-based studies in which nine leaders and 54 teachers discuss their perspectives on leaders’ care of their staff members. The evidence demonstrates that leaders and teachers both place a high level of importance on leaders’ ability and willingness to be supportive, understanding, and approachable. Teachers also expect leaders to serve as advocates for and role models of good work/life balance. While the school-level studies take place in radically different city-based contexts, the expectation of leaders’ care for teachers transcends different accountability and policy structures. Both groups focus their discussion on work/life balance and, more specifically, the need for leaders to understand that teachers are people with lives beyond school. The paper highlights implications for policy, practice, and future research.
date: 2016-03-31
date_type: published
publisher: MDPI AG
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc6020008
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Article
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elements_id: 1209633
doi: 10.3390/soc6020008
lyricists_name: Edge, Karen
lyricists_id: KEEDG72
actors_name: Edge, Karen
actors_id: KEEDG72
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Societies
volume: 6
number: 2
article_number: 8
issn: 2075-4698
citation:        Edge, KE;    Descours, K;    Frayman, K;      (2016)    Generation X School Leaders as Agents of Care: Leader and Teacher Perspectives from Toronto, New York City and London.                   Societies , 6  (2)    , Article 8.  10.3390/soc6020008 <https://doi.org/10.3390/soc6020008>.       Green open access   
 
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