Orientations of Leadership Behaviours Required for School Transformation and Change

• DOI: 10.35993/ijitl.v6i1.808
• Publication Date: 2021-09-21T05:39:20Z
• Authors: Zarina Waheed; Muhammad Ilyas Khan; Sufean Bin Hussin

Leadership is considered as one of the most important factors in school success. Leaders from successfully transformed schools demonstrate multiple leadership behaviours that vary according to situations. This qualitative study explored orientations two selected Malaysia. Data were collected through interviews, observations and document review. 28 participants (14 each schools) including leaders, administrators teachers purposive sampling for interviews. The data consolidated, reduced interpreted. four behaviour orientations, which included task-oriented, relation-oriented, change-oriented ethical-oriented behaviour, came out main required transformation. offers implications policy makers, educationists researchers Malaysia elsewhere with similar contexts.
 Keywords: School transformation