Sitebased decisionmaking leadership in American public schools

This paper explores the increased complexity that schoolbased management introduces between schools and their external environments, and considers how principals respond. The two cases reported here reveal that principals rely on different sources of legitimacy in making two kinds of decisions. Fact...

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Published in:Journal of Educational Administration 2000, Vol.38 (5), p.486-500
Main Authors: Ida Ortiz, Flora, Ogawa, Rodney T.
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Decision making
Schools
USA
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Summary:This paper explores the increased complexity that schoolbased management introduces between schools and their external environments, and considers how principals respond. The two cases reported here reveal that principals rely on different sources of legitimacy in making two kinds of decisions. Factual decisions legitimize principals use of legal and bureaucratic control without requiring the investment of much social capital. Valuesbased decisions are legitimized by the use of social capital without the benefit of much legal and bureaucratic control.
ISSN:0957-8234
DOI:10.1108/09578230010378377