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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Symbolic leadership and leadership culture in one unified comprehensive school in Finland
Mika RiskuTapio Juhani Lahterosubject
Strategy and Managementmedia_common.quotation_subjectServant leadershipShared leadershipLeadershipEducationArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Leadership studiesTransactional leadershipSituational leadership theoryEducational leadershipPedagogyLeadership styleta516Sociologymedia_commondescription
The research presented in this article is a description of the symbolic leadership and leadership culture in one unified comprehensive school in Finland. The study is a phenomenological qualitative case study based on triangulation. Leadership is studied through its functional, verbal and material dimensions. Leadership culture is regarded as one of the part cultures of the organisation culture. It is a product of the meaning and interpretation process which forms itself through the symbols of the principal's leadership. According to the present study, the leadership culture of the unified comprehensive school can be described as consisting of respect, communality, equality and humour.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-01 | School Leadership & Management |