Change facilitation: what styles do Pakistani secondary school head teachers possess?
International Journal of Educational Management
ISSN: 0951-354X
Article publication date: 18 August 2020
Issue publication date: 29 December 2020
Abstract
Purpose
This study aimed at exploring the change facilitator styles (CFS) that secondary school head teachers in Pakistan possess.
Design/methodology/approach
This is a quantitative study using Hall and George CFS questionnaire to collect data from 276 secondary school head teachers. The CFSQ used in this study consists of 30 Likert-type questions relating to six scales. The six scales, with five items each in aggregate, form three possible CFS, including initiator, manager and responder.
Findings
The results indicate that most secondary school head teachers (75.7%) in Pakistan used responder CFS to facilitate change in their schools. 16.7% of the head teachers used manger, while only 7.6% possessed initiator change facilitation styles.
Research limitations/implications
The study has implications for research, in particular in the developing countries where head teachers' leadership practices are rooted in the past with maintaining authority and status quo.
Practical implications
The study has implications for policymakers and schools in developing countries, like Pakistan, in terms of considering the vital role of head teachers in change implementation. In particular, in the prevailing cluster-based educational management, the study's findings remain valuable for schools in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
Originality/value
The paper reports the results regarding secondary school head teachers' change facilitator styles in the context of power devolution in Pakistan. The authors believe that the manuscript is appropriate for publication by the international journal of educational management because it is in line with the aims and scope of the journal. The authors assure the originality of this work. It has not been published elsewhere, nor is it currently under consideration for publication in any other journal.
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Acknowledgements
This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sector.Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.
Citation
Jogezai, N.A., Mohamed Ismail, S.A.M. and Baloch, F.A. (2021), "Change facilitation: what styles do Pakistani secondary school head teachers possess?", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 35 No. 1, pp. 47-62. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-09-2019-0335
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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