Leadership in times of crisis. School principals facing COVID-19
Author
Ramos-Pla, Anabel
Tintoré, Mireia
Del Arco, I
Publication date
2021ISSN
2405-8440
Abstract
This article analyzes the personal leadership resources utilized by a sample of school principals in Catalonia (Spain) during the confinement and post-confinement periods due to the COVID-19 crisis. A questionnaire was designed, validated, and provided to the principals from Primary Education schools to carry out the study. The questionnaire analyzed personal leadership resources used by the principals during the confinement and post-confinement periods, compared to a former ¨normal situation¨. The data analysis results confirmed that the role of the principals was crucial in redirecting the situation and completing the academic course satisfactorily. The principals scored their leadership resources remarkably high in the former normality and maintained proactivity at a similar level during the crisis. However, other resources scored lower during the same period. As a direct result, there was a high degree of adaptation to this situation from the principals. The results indicate that principals do not lead in the same manner in times of crisis as in normal times. Age, experience, and type of school influence the results only in former normal situations but not in times of crisis.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
37 - Education
Keywords
Lideratge
Lideratge transformador
Competència
Educació primària
Gestió de crisi
Liderazgo
Liderazgo transformacional
Competencia
Educación primaria
Gestión de crisis
Leadership
Transformational leadership
Competency
Primary education
Crisis management
Pages
22
Publisher
Elsevier
Is part of
Heliyon
Citation
Ramos-Pla, A.; Tintoré Espuny, Mireia; Del Arco, I. Leadership in times of crisis. School principals facing COVID-19. Heliyon, 2021, e08443. Disponible en: <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021025469>. Fecha de acceso: 29 nov. 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08443
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