TY - CHAP
T1 - "Irresponsible leadership" and unethical practices in schools
T2 - A conceptual framework of the "dark side" of educational leadership
AU - Oplatka, Izhar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This chapter focuses on a proposed framework of irresponsible leadership (IRL) that might emerge in our schools under certain circumstances. A second purpose is to analyze potential ways to prevent its rise, based on previous models of educational leadership. Broadly, IRL is composed of five elements: narrow view of education, a business-like view of the teacher-student relations, a Narcissist and ego-centrist view, self-centered decision making, and emotional unawareness and poor emotion regulation. Unsurprisingly, IRL results in decreased levels of teachers' and students' well-being unethical school climate, a lack of social responsibility in the teacher lounge and school failure. To prevent these and related results, three major leadership models in education-participative, moral and social justice, and instructional-were analyzed.
AB - This chapter focuses on a proposed framework of irresponsible leadership (IRL) that might emerge in our schools under certain circumstances. A second purpose is to analyze potential ways to prevent its rise, based on previous models of educational leadership. Broadly, IRL is composed of five elements: narrow view of education, a business-like view of the teacher-student relations, a Narcissist and ego-centrist view, self-centered decision making, and emotional unawareness and poor emotion regulation. Unsurprisingly, IRL results in decreased levels of teachers' and students' well-being unethical school climate, a lack of social responsibility in the teacher lounge and school failure. To prevent these and related results, three major leadership models in education-participative, moral and social justice, and instructional-were analyzed.
KW - Educational leadership
KW - Irresponsible leadership
KW - Narcism
KW - Social justice
KW - Unethical behavior
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85004168849&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/S1479-366020160000026001
DO - 10.1108/S1479-366020160000026001
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AN - SCOPUS:85004168849
SN - 9781786355003
T3 - Advances in Educational Administration
SP - 1
EP - 18
BT - The Dark Side of Leadership: Identifying and Overcoming Unethical Practice in Organizations
A2 - Normore, Anthony H.
A2 - Brooks, Jeffrey S.
PB - Emerald Publishing Limited
ER -
