Middle leaders and managers’ perspectives of distributive leadership during COVID-19

• Published in: Perspectives in education Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 276 - 295
• Main Authors: Fourie, Laurette, Naidoo, Parvathy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bloemfontein University of the Free State 01.12.2022; University of the Free State Faculty of Education; University of the Free State, Faculty of Education
• Subjects: Administrator Attitudes; Autocracy; Core curriculum; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Decision making; Department Heads; Departmental heads; Distributive leadership; Educational Change; Educational leadership; Elementary Schools; Employees; Empowerment; Foreign Countries; Instructional Leadership; Leadership; Leadership Effectiveness; Leadership Styles; Management styles; Management teams; Managers; Meetings; Middle leaders; Middle Management; Middle managers; Pandemics; Participative Decision Making; Political leadership; Post level one educators; Qualitative research; Responsibilities; Roles; Schools; Teachers; Teaching methods; Teams; Teamwork; South Africa

On a global level, COVID-19 has shaken the foundations of every sector. In the South African education context, the traditional methods of teaching, learning, and managing schools changed drastically overnight and management roles and responsibilities were pushed to unprecedented levels. Moreover, t...