出版社：Australian Institutes for Educational Research
摘要：This paper presents the findings from an investigation aimed at understanding theleadership role of Western Australian network principals. Prior literature has indicatedthat there is a lack of empirical research on network leadership despite the substantivescholarly writing devoted to school networks. The qualitative study reported hererevealed the contextual influences on the expectations of the role and that networkprincipals’ prime intention was to share network leadership with members. For thepurpose of mobilising members, network principals employed a deliberate form ofinfluence. In particular, four groups of strategies consisting of ‘priming’, ‘locating’,‘shaping’ and ‘adapting’ were identified that supported this influence-based leadership.Additionally, new conceptual tools have been identified that analyse the way in whichschool network leadership encourages members to exert their efforts towards networkpurposes. The findings of this study offer fresh insights into the complexities of networkleadership. They also have implications for policy, practice and future research inconnection with this evolving role.
