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As school improvement efforts shift to emphasis on restructuring, the types of leadership required to effectively develop new patterns of shool structure and relationships also are being questioned. This discussion examines transactional, transformational, cultural, and critical types of leadership, compared on the dimensions of the roles of formal school leaders, the roles of teachers and other school staff, and the value system of leadership (which would include the goals and purpose of leadership and perceptions of the standards by which performance will be evaluated). Critical leadership is suggested to be the most promising approach through combining the pursuit of democratic value with explicit examination of structural and cultural dimensions of school organization.
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Johnston, B.J. Types of educational leadership in a postindustrial society. Urban Rev 28, 213–232 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02355338
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