Publication Date
Spring 2019
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
Morgridge College of Education, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Keywords
Principal self-efficacy, Learning organization, High-performing schools, School culture
Abstract
One key characteristic of high-performing schools is how they function organizationally, enabling them to enact reforms effectively and to deal with regular organizational ambiguity and chaos. The principal plays a pivotal role in developing a school culture that supports high-performing schools. This research studies the relationship between principal self-efficacy and a principal's perception of her school as a learning organization. We examined specific subcategories of learning organization attitudes and behaviors to determine whether principals consider distinct organizational behaviors a proxy for indicators of a learning organization, and whether that was related to their self-efficacy. The findings indicate that principals must be highly efficacious to persuade others to perform at high levels, and must have a strong belief in teachers and the organization as a whole to pursue the types of school improvement efforts and research-based organizational learning mechanisms that can improve student performance.
Copyright Date
2019
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Rights Holder
Kristina A. Hesbol
Provenance
Received from author
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
22 pgs
File Size
1.2 MB
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the authors. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. This article was originally published as:
Hesbol, K. A. (2019). Principal self-efficacy and learning organizations: Influencing school improvement. International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 14(1), 33-51.
Publication Title
International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation
Volume
14
Issue
1
First Page
33
Last Page
51
ISSN
1532-0723
Recommended Citation
Hesbol, Kristina A., "Principal Self-Efficacy and Learning Organizations: Influencing School Improvement" (2019). Educational Leadership and Policy Studies: Faculty Scholarship. 3.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/elps_fac/3
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