Principal Leadership in Developing School Culture

DOI

10.2991/soshec-17.2018.6How to use a DOI?

Keywords

principal's leadership, positive school culture, school culture development, school achievement

Abstract

The Principalss leadership plays an important role in cultivating a school culture. The aim of this study was to analyze the principals leadership in an attempt to develop a positive school culture and its impact on school achievement. A qualitative approach with case study was used. The study was conducted in a Primary School. The data were obtained from interview, observation and documentation. The results of this study showed that the application of participative leadership style at school was good to support the creation of a positive school culture. The principal also made several efforts through the development of harmonious relationships, school security and school environment that conducive for learning process. Positive developed school culture impacted on school achievements. This study found a significant role of the principal in developing the school culture through leadership styles and several efforts. The important point for further research is concerning with development of leadership and school culture to improve school quality.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mohammad Ridho
AU  - Mr Murtadlo
AU  - I Budayasa
PY  - 2017/10
DA  - 2017/10
TI  - Principal Leadership in Developing School Culture
BT  - Proceedings of Social Sciences, Humanities and Economics Conference (SoSHEC 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 30
EP  - 34
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/soshec-17.2018.6
DO  - 10.2991/soshec-17.2018.6
ID  - Ridho2017/10
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